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A fork of `sudo` with Touch ID support.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 1 story, 3 comments · first 2016-10-31 · latest 2021-03-01

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  1. I just have a setuid root sudo binary (compiled from sudo-touchid: https://github.com/mattrajca/sudo-touchid ) in my home folder ~/bin. This has worked a treat across OS updates, without hacking PAM stuff. It’s extremely convenient and has…
    comment by nneonneo · 2021-03-01 · in Use Touch ID for Sudo on Mac
  2. I used this from the day 1 https://github.com/mattrajca/sudo-touchid but this is much simpler
    comment by ssijak · 2017-11-17 · in Simple way to use TouchID for sudo authentication on OS X Terminal
  3. …thing I use Touch ID for (other than the occasional install prompt that requires admin access). ( https://github.com/mattrajca/sudo-touchid looks interesting however)
    comment by bdcravens · 2017-08-03 · in Hacker News News Feed for the Mac Touch Bar