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

From	Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Got an Apple Watch? Got a Mac? Got Sudo?
Date	2020-11-20 17:37 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnrrfvlt.dag.g.kreme@ProMini.lan> (permalink)
References	<slrnrrfrpa.dag.g.kreme@ProMini.lan> <FUStH.4406$5J3.1824@fx09.iad>

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In message <FUStH.4406$5J3.1824@fx09.iad> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-20 11:30, Lewis wrote:
>> use your watch to authorize sudo:
>> <https://github.com/biscuitehh/pam-watchid>
>> 
>> works a treat, minimal command-line fu needed.
>> 
>> git clone https://github.com/biscuitehh/pam-watchid
>> cd pam-watchid
>> more README.md

> Neat.  I don't have an Apple watch, alas, and my SO thinks sudo is 
> martial arts practiced by people who lisp.

> The premise is what?  Your watch gets auth from your iPhone which is 
> auth'd by fingerprint or FaceID?

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.

(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.)

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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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