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This sounds amazing, and Id love if Apple allowed touchid for regular account-password prompts in macOS 10.13 (or a Sierra point update but let's be realistic)
by stephenr 10y ago
This sounds amazing, and Id love if Apple allowed touchid for regular account-password prompts in macOS 10.13 (or a Sierra point update but let's be realistic)
If they integrated this down to the built in sudo/su that would be even more amazing, but I imagine that's much less likely.
- lucaspiller 10y agoI haven't tried the new MBP but this was how I assumed it worked... On iOS you just need to enter your password when the device first boots, then you can use TouchID to authenticate for almost everything where you would use your password.
- eddieplan9 10y agoIt is already the case. In the keynote, they demoed Fast User Switch with a touch of finger. If multiple people share a single computer, switching to the right user account is a touch away.
- tajen 10y ago... which opens up to the use case of: _____ ? of using a MBP as a cash register, where barmen can fastly display their list of customers ???
- stephenr 10y agoYeah i saw that, but FUS needs a password to login, just like if you use the regular login screen. I was talking about "X needs your password to Y", e.g. unlocking sys preferences panels, keychain stuff, etc.
- dancek 10y agoThey've probably implemented TouchID support using PAM. If so, using with sudo/su is just a matter of configuration.
- ghostly_s 10y agoSeems unlikely to me, considering the auth is taking place on a separate SoC running WatchOS...