Re: [tlug] server installation best practices/ worksheet

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 26/05/07, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:

> The first (and in fact only) thing I do when I "only" have sudo access
> is "sudo bash". The first time I tried it I was amazed it worked, but it
> is so much easier than typing in a password every time (it is rare that
> if I need root that I only need to run one command).

Most sudo-using sites that take security seriously do not allow
invocation of a shell through sudo.

As for typing in a password each time, you can simply increase the
value of timestamp_timeout in your /etc/sudoers if it is your machine.

-Josh