Andy Armstrong writes: > On 12 Jan 2010, at 16:59, [email protected] wrote: > > > sudo requires that you enter your password each time you invoke it. > > Often sudo will be configured with a 15 minute grace period which > means you only need to authenticate for the first make install / > ./Build install.
Though that can be irritating if your install hangs at that point, waiting for you to provide a password. An alternative is to pre-authenticate sudo with the -v flag, so that even the first install will become root without prompting: % sudo -v && cpan Acme::MetaSyntactic Smylers -- Watch fiendish TV quiz 'Only Connect' (some questions by me) Mondays at 20:30 on BBC4, or iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lskhg
