Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020)

Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by urbandw311er on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:30AM (#31750820)

Am I the only one who actually finds it faster to type a password than to remove my hand from the keyboard and perform Touch ID auth?

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by yallneedtogetit on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:37AM (#31750858)

your password is too short

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by oneeyedpigeon on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:04AM (#31751722)

Thanks for the info. There were infinite possible combinations that your password could've been before this comment; it's a lot less now...

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by zwog on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:46AM (#31750899)

Nope. The only reason I work on a terminal is that I never have to take my hand off the keyboard.

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by nicoburns on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:05AM (#31750991)

But the touch ID sensor is on the keyboard!

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by imron on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @06:31AM (#31751110)

But unless you’ve set it to be the little finger on your right hand, you have to take your fingers off the home keys to activate it

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by jeroenhd on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:15AM (#31752404)

I'm no mac user so I can't test it myself, but does this mean you can't associate multiple fingerprints with one identity on macOS?

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by imron on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:43AM (#31762775)

You can, you just won't be able to hit the fingerprint reader without taking your fingers off the home keys, except for the little finger on your right hand (giant monster hands excluded).

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by nicoburns on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:51AM (#31753786)

You can associate up to 3

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Re:Quick Tip: Enable Touch ID for Sudo (2020) by jeroenhd on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:44AM (#31754759)

Ah, okay, that's good. I suppose associating other fingers is not really that big of a problem in practice, then.

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