/blog/macos/Recent content in Macos on ( •̅ɞ•̅ ) nicolanoreHugoen-ukSat, 16 Mar 2024 22:47:08 +0100/macos-terminal-touch-id-for-sudo/Sat, 16 Mar 2024 22:47:08 +0100/macos-terminal-touch-id-for-sudo/<p>In the macOS terminal you can enable Touch ID to use sudo without typing your password.</p> <p><img src="image.png" alt="Touch ID for sudo"></p> <p>To enable sudo authentication with Touch ID on macOS, you need to add :</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#e2e4e5;background-color:#282a36;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>auth sufficient pam_tid.so </span></span></code></pre></div><p>to the file <code>/etc/pam.d/sudo</code></p> <h2 id="step-by-step">Step by step</h2> <p>First create a backup :</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#e2e4e5;background-color:#282a36;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-zsh" data-lang="zsh"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>sudo cp /etc/pam.d/sudo /etc/pam.d/sudo.bak </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Then edit the file with your favorite editor :</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#e2e4e5;background-color:#282a36;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-zsh" data-lang="zsh"><span style="display:flex;"><span style="white-space:pre;-webkit-user-select:none;user-select:none;margin-right:0.4em;padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em;color:#7f7f7f">1</span><span>sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sudo </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Add the following line in the file :</p>