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Enable Touch ID Fingerprint For `sudo` in iTerm and Terminal (macOS)

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Open your sudo file:

sudo vi /etc/pam.d/sudo

Add the following after the first line:

auth       sufficient     pam_tid.so

In iTerm, go to the Advanced section in Preferences and set Allow sessions to survive logging out and back in to No.

peturingi commented Mar 8, 2026 •

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Use etc/pam.d/sudo_local.
/etc/pam.d/sudo gets wiped on system update!

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divspace commented Mar 8, 2026

Use etc/pam.d/sudo_local. /etc/pam.d/sudo gets wiped on system update!

Thanks! Always found that annoying. Will update that.

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