pam_wtid vs dotfiles.nix

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pam_wtid		dotfiles.nix
	Project
2	Mentions	1
57	Stars	6
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	8.5
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	16 days ago
Python	Language	Nix
-	License	-

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pam_wtid

Posts with mentions or reviews of pam_wtid. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-26.

Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Aug 2022

Does watch unlock now work natively with pam_tid? I know as of at least a few months ago it would only work if you could use touch ID, i.e. when the laptop was open. If it was docked, it would fall back to password auth.
I wrote a patcher that changed this behavior, it patched pam_tid directly on your system and just updates the API Apple calls to allow unlocking with watch-only when touch ID is unavailable:
https://github.com/inickt/pam_wtid
Was a fun reverse engineering experience and wrote up some more info in the README.
Show HN: Patching Apple's Touch ID PAM module to add sudo watch authentication
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jan 2022

dotfiles.nix

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles.nix. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-26.

Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Aug 2022

nix-darwin currently does not support that directly, but there is an open PR to fix that. For my dotfiles, I added the module from the PR with some slight modifications. You can find the code below.
https://github.com/shinzui/dotfiles.nix/blob/master/modules/...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pam_wtid and dotfiles.nix you can also consider the following projects:

pam-watchid - PAM plugin module that allows the Apple Watch to be used for authentication

Qubes-scripts - Scripts that help with administration and usage of Qubes OS

openssh-sk-winhello - A helper for OpenSSH to interact with FIDO2 and U2F security keys through native Windows Hello API

howdy - 🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux

toucli - Use TouchID and the Secure Enclave to encrypt data from the commandline.

sekey - Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!

pamgpgr

Fedora-KDE-Yubikey-U2F-2FA-Logins-Guide - Guide to setup a Yubikey for Fedora KDE as 2FA using U2F for the SDDM login screen, lock screen, sudo and su.

WinCryptSSHAgent - Using a Yubikey for SSH Authentication on Windows Seamlessly