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It may be official now! I just saw today that Sonoma contains an example pam config file with that line commented out. Uncomment, copy it over the default file

by MBCook 3y ago

It may be official now! I just saw today that Sonoma contains an example pam config file with that line commented out. Uncomment, copy it over the default file, win. Far less hidden. https://mastodon.social/@StrangeNoises/110910261899874868 https://mastodon.social/@StrangeNoises/110910261899874868

latchkey 3y ago
YES! Confirmed! Thank you!
- MBCook 3y ago
  Oh you posted that as a story. Heh. That’s a great idea. Why don’t I ever think of that? Glad I could help. It ran through my feed today by chance.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    My comments aren't entertaining enough to get enough upvotes for karma farming, so I post cool links that I find.
    - MBCook 3y ago
      Trust me, I get it. The cool links are what drew me to HN, however they’re found.
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      We appreciate your service :)
      - latchkey 3y ago
        Thanks!
JimDabell 3y ago
I try this occasionally and always disable it again. For some reason I find the fingerprint sensor is far less reliable for this particular use case. When I try to authenticate, I have to try repeatedly to get it to recognise my fingerprint. I know it’s the same hardware and software doing the matching, so it doesn’t really make any sense to me.
- MBCook 3y ago
  I don’t use it either. I don’t need sudo enough so I just don’t find the need. My password is strong but it’s not like it’s 58 characters. I love Touch ID in general on this Mac. This just didn’t do anything special for me, so I never really adopted it.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    I don't use sudo that much either, but it was always one of those things that was fun to adopt because it was theoretically a one time change. Set and forget. Once Apple started to update the OS more frequently, I stopped bothering trying to keep up with the resets. Thankfully this annoyance is fixed!

3 ms·

It may be official now! I just saw today that Sonoma contains an example pam config file with that line commented out. Uncomment, copy it over the default file

by MBCook 3y ago

latchkey 3y ago
YES! Confirmed! Thank you!
- MBCook 3y ago
  Oh you posted that as a story. Heh. That’s a great idea. Why don’t I ever think of that? Glad I could help. It ran through my feed today by chance.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    My comments aren't entertaining enough to get enough upvotes for karma farming, so I post cool links that I find.
    - MBCook 3y ago
      Trust me, I get it. The cool links are what drew me to HN, however they’re found.
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      We appreciate your service :)
      - latchkey 3y ago
        Thanks!
JimDabell 3y ago
I try this occasionally and always disable it again. For some reason I find the fingerprint sensor is far less reliable for this particular use case. When I try to authenticate, I have to try repeatedly to get it to recognise my fingerprint. I know it’s the same hardware and software doing the matching, so it doesn’t really make any sense to me.
- MBCook 3y ago
  I don’t use it either. I don’t need sudo enough so I just don’t find the need. My password is strong but it’s not like it’s 58 characters. I love Touch ID in general on this Mac. This just didn’t do anything special for me, so I never really adopted it.
  - latchkey 3y ago
    I don't use sudo that much either, but it was always one of those things that was fun to adopt because it was theoretically a one time change. Set and forget. Once Apple started to update the OS more frequently, I stopped bothering trying to keep up with the resets. Thankfully this annoyance is fixed!