fraune/touch_id_sudo.sh

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Let Touch ID authorize the `sudo` terminal command in macOS 14+

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touch_id_sudo.sh

sudo sh -c 'echo "auth sufficient pam_tid.so" > /etc/pam.d/sudo_local'

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fraune commented Sep 11, 2024

Thanks again @andrewcrook and @fatso83

I have found success using sudo_local. I will be updating the original post to reflect this.

The revisions of this gist will still reflect the hack used for older versions of macOS.

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