Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo?
Date	2020-11-20 18:39 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2020-11-20, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-20, Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
>>
>> If you have an Apple Watch many authorizations from you mac can be
>> confirmed by tapping oyur watch's side button instead of typing in
>> your password. Things like unlocking System preferences, deleting apps
>> from the Application folder, etc.
>>
>> This adds invoking sudo from the command line to that list.
>
> I just installed it and added this line to /etc/pam.d/sudo:
>
>   auth sufficient pam_watchid.so "reason=execute a command as root"
>
> I'm still seeing the password prompt, even in new shells. 

Scratch that. Forgot to unlock my watch after putting it on for testing.
Silly me... : D

> Hmmm... Is a service/computer restart required?
>
>> (If you have a touchID Mac, there is a similar process to enable sudo on
>> those, but it does not require downloading anything, simply editing the
>> /etc/pam/sudo file, IIRC. I don't have a touchID mac, so I've not looked
>> into it.)
>
> From what I've read, adding this line enables Touch ID for sudo
> operations:
>
>   auth sufficient pam_tid.so
>
> I haven't tried this yet on my MacBook Pro.

Tries it. Works great.

Thanks again, Lewis. : )

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Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-20 16:30 +0000
  Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-20 17:04 +0000
  Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2020-11-20 12:19 -0500
    Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-20 17:37 +0000
      Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-20 18:13 +0000
        Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-11-20 18:39 +0000
        Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2020-11-20 21:35 +0000

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