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Turns out it’s possible to authenticate with sudo using Touch ID, as per this (old) tweet by Cabel: Pro MacBook Pro Tip: have a Touch Bar with Touch ID? If you edit /etc/pam.d/sudo and add the following line to the top… auth sufficient pam_tid.so …you can now use your fingerprint to sudo! — Cabel (@cabel) …