On Tue, 19 May 2009, srinivas raj wrote: > Hi Saifi, > > This is because of the timestamp_timeout defined in /etc/sudoers > When a user authenticates himself, for the timestamp duration he > is not required to authenticate again > > You can try sudo -k which will clear that timestamp and next invocation > of sudo will ask for the password > > -srini >
Can a user infect his system with a rogue script, within the timeout period ? thanks Saifi.
