A small workaround exists in OS X for the use of the "sudo" command requiring authentication after 10 minutes of nonuse. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, ...

If you get tired of typing your password for sudo, but you don't want (or don't have permissions) to put NOPASSWD in your sudoers file, you can use the following procedure to update the sudo password ...

The sudo system is an ingenious way to manage who can run administrative commands on a Linux system. And, for the most part, it’s pretty foolproof. But there are times, when I am busy multitasking or ...

The sudoers file can provide detailed control over user privileges, but with very little effort, you can still get a lot of benefit from sudo. In this post, we’re going to look at some simple ways to ...

When you run sudo in Ubuntu, your administrative privileges last for 15 minutes by default so you don't have to type in your password with every command. If that is too long or short for your tastes, ...

Giving users unlimited root access is dangerous. Fortunately, you can opt to implement the sudo tool, which will provide limited root access to trusted users. Read on as Jim McIntyre explains the ins ...

OK, it looks like you need to employ some extra privilege. In general, you can’t write to a system log file with your user account. Let’s try that again with sudo. The response to the first of the ...