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Enable Touch ID Fingerprint For `sudo` in iTerm and Terminal (macOS)
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Open your sudo file:

sudo vi /etc/pam.d/sudo

Add the following after the first line:

auth       sufficient     pam_tid.so

In iTerm, go to the Advanced section in Preferences and set Allow sessions to survive logging out and back in to No.

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