M1 Mac (Monterey 12.4) Touch ID is not working for sudo

Question

I followed [this set of instructions] for adding Touch ID authentication to sudo, but it's not working. Almost all the post/questions I found on the internet was more or less same and also they were almost 1 year old (June 2022).

Is this because Apple removed the feature or something?

Here's my /etc/pam.d/sudo

# sudo: auth account password session
auth       sufficient     pam_tid.so
auth       sufficient     pam_smartcard.so
auth       required       pam_opendirectory.so
account    required       pam_permit.so
password   required       pam_deny.so
session    required       pam_permit.so

Can you access /etc/pam.d directory when your are logged as the user who wants to sudo ? — Ptit Xav, Jun 12 '22 at 08:23
Yes, that user has execute access to /etc/pam.d dir. https://pasteboard.co/o4zQL3fJjTXV.png — Sanaf, Jun 12 '22 at 16:58
Yes, it did worked! And I was using tmux and I saw that to use it with tmux I would have to do some extra work. But all over it's working now!!! — Sanaf, Jun 13 '22 at 09:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '22 at 16:47

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If you are using tmux, you would need to set up pam_reattach for it to work.

answered Jul 20 '22 at 16:47

Erikw

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Yes, I did that.and it's working now – Sanaf Jul 20 '22 at 16:54

M1 Mac (Monterey 12.4) Touch ID is not working for sudo

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