something about sudo...?

[lunaluna]

when i start a "sudo" application through the graphical environment,i realize that for a while i can still do that with some other apps as weel..
how long does this last?

[TeoBigusGeekus]

About 15min I think.

[BlackDragonBE]

Or until you close the terminal session

[lunaluna]

Or until you close the terminal session

i said graphical environment...

[lunaluna]

does this means also that other apps which don't need to be ran through sudo will with these priviledges?

[Bodsda]

no, if it does not need root privileges then it will not be given them, if you wish to reset the timer use


sudo -k

all on its own and it will ask for a password again (usefull for writing nautilus bash scripts)

[sayakb]

For GUI apps, use gksudo.
If you once use sudo/gksudo with any GUI app, it would be recognized and you won't be furthur asked for password for about 15 minutes. But ofcourse, for the CLI, you might be asked for your password again.