16.6.2. Common pam_timestamp Directives
The
pam_timestamp.so
module accepts several directives. Below are the two most commonly used options:
timestamp_timeout
— Specifies the number of seconds the during which the timestamp file is valid (in seconds). The default value is 300 seconds (five minutes).timestampdir
— Specifies the directory in which the timestamp file is stored. The default value is/var/run/sudo/
.
For more information about controlling the
pam_timestamp.so
module, refer to Section 16.8.1, “Installed Documentation”.