From 8d1d7c91158c8fb09e2468f9a8db94011c1bd833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Ross Russell Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:01:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update sudo-mode.md (#25140) Co-authored-by: Isaac Brown <101839405+isaacmbrown@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Hirsch Singhal <1666363+hpsin@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Courtney Wilson <77312589+cmwilson21@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/sudo-mode.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/sudo-mode.md b/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/sudo-mode.md index d8ddf50fc0..ab75f99df6 100644 --- a/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/sudo-mode.md +++ b/content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/sudo-mode.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To maintain the security of your account when you perform a potentially sensitiv - Addition of a new SSH key - Creation of a PAT or application -After you authenticate to perform a sensitive action, your session is temporarily in "sudo mode." In sudo mode, you can perform sensitive actions without authentication. {% data variables.product.product_name %} will wait a few hours before prompting you for authentication again. During this time, any sensitive action that you perform will reset the timer. +After you authenticate to perform a sensitive action, your session is temporarily in "sudo mode." In sudo mode, you can perform sensitive actions without authentication. {% data variables.product.product_name %} has a two-hour session timeout period before prompting you for authentication again. During this time, any sensitive action that you perform will reset the timer. {% ifversion ghes %}