Since I got my Magic Keybord with integrated TouchID, I don't rely on my password anymore to authenticate myself on my local machine. So I thought why not enable it for "sudo" commands in the Terminal as well?
Here is how:
Copy sudo_local file
sudo cp /etc/pam.d/sudo_local.template /etc/pam.d/sudo_local
Edit sudo_local file
Uncomment the following line in the newly copied sudo_local file (e.g. with sudo vi /etc/pam.d/sudo_local):
auth sufficient pam_tid.so
Save the file, and voilà!
You might have to exit your current shell or open a new one before it works
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Great idea! However, I didn't have the
sudo_local.templatefile on my Mac. I only had/etc/pam.d/sudo. After adding the line there and restarting the terminal, everything worked! 🎉