As you may be aware, it is possible to use a fingerprint on any TouchID Touch ID enabled Mac mac (or Magic Keyboard with Touch ID) to authenticate sudo at the command line. Your mac has been setup to allow you to use Touch ID when you use sudo in terminalTerminal.
This is the prompt you will receive when using
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in terminal Terminal and have at least one fingerprint stored in System Settings / Touch ID & Password.
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By pressing your finger on the Touch ID sensor, it will authenticate you to use the command as an admin command. You have the option to click “Use Password…” also if you wanted to type it your password into terminalTerminal.
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