To specify the time you have to reauthenticate with sudo use visudo and change the parameter timestamp_timeout:
# sudoers file. # User alias specification User_Alias ADMINS = nttuser,custuser,tel-dns # Cmnd alias specification # Defaults specification Defaults shell_noargs Defaults authenticate Defaults timestamp_timeout=10 Defaults log_host # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) ALL ADMINS ALL= (ALL) ALL