How to use MacOS's Touch ID on Terminal

I know... use a fingerprint scanner and never come back. No need to write passwords, pins or patterns. But on the terminal when we use the magic word sudo ask for your password... yuck!!!

Don't worry. It can be solved easily. Edit this file /etc/pam.d/sudo with your favorite editor. Mine is the VS Code because can deal with admin permission. Run this command on a terminal.

code /etc/pam.d/sudo

Add the following line on top

auth sufficient pam_tid.so

Extra

On default terminal works like a charm, but on iTerm2 need an extra configuration. Go to Prefs -> Advanced -> Allow sessions to survive logging out and back in and set value to no.

Restart and enjoy it.

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That's All Folks!
Happy Coding 🖖

Comments

[Ben Halpern]

Really slick UX here

[Gabriel Basilio Brito]

Works like a charm

[Miguel Tineo]

Just perfect! 👏

[Andrés Reyes Galgani]

Gracias amigo y ¡¡Viva Colombia!!

Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[Camilo Martinez]

Con gusto Andrés!

[Moataz Elmasry]

Many thanks. Works great!!!

[Brett Stevenson]

This is great! Just what I was looking for!

[phantomfactotum]

Bless your soul

[Sethu Senthil]

Is there a way to make this work on the VS Code integrated terminal?