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The article will not allow sudo changes on Big Sur - at least, not without changing permissions of the sudo file first: 1. sudo -Si 2. chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/sudo 3. vi /etc/pam.d/sudo 4. Add the 'Auth sufficient pam_tid.so' line 5. chmod 444 /etc/pam.d/sudo 6. ... 7. Profit! Very handy tip though, thanks!
Or when using vi, just use :wq!
Does anyone know why this happens? I was very happy when I found out APFS is CoW but it kind of sucks that restoring an old snapshot apparently erases the secure enclave in my M1 chip.
As the author says, “Since you expect to be be typing in a command line, moving your finger to touch the key is probably not very efficient.” I was excited to set this up when the first fingerprint sensor macs came out. Within a couple of days I’d switched it off. It is quite inconvenient and especially bad if you use an external keyboard.
It still strikes me as weird that Apple went with Touch ID vs Face ID on the Mac. Computer form factors in general, and particularly notebooks and AIOs, should be perfect for Face ID: the user is always at a good distance, in the right position, looking at it, and as you say will frequently have their hands otherwise occupied actually controlling the system. For that matter a Face ID+iPhone-quality camera thing for M…
As the author says, “Since you expect to be be typing in a command line, moving your finger to touch the key is probably not very efficient.” I was excited to set this up when the first fingerprint sensor macs came out. Within a couple of days I’d switched it off. It is quite inconvenient and especially bad if you use an external keyboard.
It still strikes me as weird that Apple went with Touch ID vs Face ID on the Mac. Computer form factors in general, and particularly notebooks and AIOs, should be perfect for Face ID: the user is always at a good distance, in the right position, looking at it, and as you say will frequently have their hands otherwise occupied actually controlling the system. For that matter a Face ID+iPhone-quality camera thing for M…
As the author says, “Since you expect to be be typing in a command line, moving your finger to touch the key is probably not very efficient.” I was excited to set this up when the first fingerprint sensor macs came out. Within a couple of days I’d switched it off. It is quite inconvenient and especially bad if you use an external keyboard.
It still strikes me as weird that Apple went with Touch ID vs Face ID on the Mac. Computer form factors in general, and particularly notebooks and AIOs, should be perfect for Face ID: the user is always at a good distance, in the right position, looking at it, and as you say will frequently have their hands otherwise occupied actually controlling the system. For that matter a Face ID+iPhone-quality camera thing for M…
The article will not allow sudo changes on Big Sur - at least, not without changing permissions of the sudo file first: 1. sudo -Si 2. chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/sudo 3. vi /etc/pam.d/sudo 4. Add the 'Auth sufficient pam_tid.so' line 5. chmod 444 /etc/pam.d/sudo 6. ... 7. Profit! Very handy tip though, thanks!
Or when using vi, just use :wq!
Touch ID is awesome, but I semi-regularly use the APFS snapshot rollback feature and it erases my finger prints. Does anyone know why this happens? I was very happy when I found out APFS is CoW but it kind of sucks that restoring an old snapshot apparently erases the secure enclave in my M1 chip.
As a side note, there's also the wonderful pam_yubiko module that allows you to require touching your yubikey to sudo or login.
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Or when using vi, just use :wq!
shift Z Z is faster.
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It still strikes me as weird that Apple went with Touch ID vs Face ID on the Mac. Computer form factors in general, and particularly notebooks and AIOs, should be perfect for Face ID: the user is always at a good distance, in the right position, looking at it, and as you say will frequently have their hands otherwise occupied actually controlling the system. For that matter a Face ID+iPhone-quality camera thing for M…
I suspect the main reason is that the face-id camera module is too thick and they'd need to increase the thickness of the display casing. If there's on thing the Mac designers will never allow it's a thicker laptop.
However that aside, thickness concerns don't apply a single bit to the iMac or to a standalone (Mac only) module (or even integration in Apple's ultra fancy display), so that objection doesn't cover the spectrum of Macs.