How to use TouchID for sudo access
If you’re on a Mac with TouchID, you can easily configure it to prompt for a TouchID scan alongside normal password auth when running a command via sudo
.
- Edit
/etc/pam.d/sudo
with sudo - Add this as the first line underneath the comment at the top:
auth sufficient pam_tid.so
- Save the file, and the next time you require sudo, you should be greeted with a TouchID prompt.
Notes
- I haven’t tested this on the new magic keyboards with integrated TouchID, but there’s no reason to believe it won’t work with these keyboards too.
- You may need to reapply this config when MacOS updates