How can I get sudo to authorize me on multiple pty's with one password?

Question

I'm running sudo version 1.7.4 on Debian squeeze. In this version, unlike some older versions, every pty has to be authorized separately with a password and timeout. In older versions, one password was good for any pty during the timeout period. I'd like to persuade sudo to revert to that older behavior, so that I can use a bunch of xterm windows without having to retype my password continually. Does anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

Have a look at the tty_tickets option

From the man page

tty_tickets

If set, users must authenticate on a per-tty basis. With this flag enabled, sudo will >use a file named for the tty the user is logged in on in the user's time stamp directory. If >disabled, the time stamp of the directory is used instead. This flag is on by default

To disable this behaviour set

Defaults ! tty_tickets 

in your sudoers file.