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--- linux:sudo [2022/09/27 11:54]
manu
+++ linux:sudo [2025/02/25 13:27] (current)
manu [sudo howto]
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   # sudo -u bin -g operator /bin/ls /whatever/directory
-<cli>
+<cli prompt='>'>
 [root@aix001]/etc/sudoers.d> cat zabbix
 %AIXUSERS ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vi /etc/zabbix/*
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 </cli>
-====== sudo -i vs sudo su =====
+Change sudo default timeout (5 min):
+<cli prompt='>'>
+root@nimprod /root> sudo -V | grep -i time
+Lecture user the first time they run sudo
+Authentication timestamp timeout: 120.0 minutes
+Password prompt timeout: 5.0 minutes
+Path to authentication timestamp dir: /var/run/sudo/ts
+Type of authentication timestamp record: tty
+Sudo log server timeout in seconds: 30
+root@nimprod /root> grep -i time /etc/sudoers
+Defaults timestamp_timeout=120
+</cli>
+====== "sudo -i" VS "sudo su" =====
 ==== sudo su ====
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 This command is best used when the user wants to switch over to root but keep the same shell environment.
+===== Run command su/sudo with nologin =====
+As user with nologin shell can't be reached with "su - user", but you can use instead the command
+  runuser

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