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Mac Touch ID for sudo in terminal
# This is the PAM sudo config file: /etc/pam.d/sudo
# sudo: auth account password session
###############################################
# add the following line to enable Touch ID authentication in e.g. unix scripts which use sudo,
# as described in https://dev.to/equiman/how-to-use-macos-s-touch-id-on-terminal-5fhg
auth sufficient pam_tid.so
###############################################
auth sufficient pam_smartcard.so
auth required pam_opendirectory.so
account required pam_permit.so
password required pam_deny.so
session required pam_permit.so
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