pam_wtid vs toucli

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pam_wtid		toucli
	Project
2	Mentions	2
57	Stars	11
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.7
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Python	Language	Swift
-	License	MIT 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

toucli

Posts with mentions or reviews of toucli. 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

In the same vein, I recently made a tool to use TouchID and the Secure Enclave to protect arbitrary data and env variables from the commandline: https://github.com/pathtofile/toucli
Show HN: Commandline tool for protecting data using TouchID+Secure Enclave
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pam_wtid and toucli you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

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

pamgpgr

dotfiles.nix - My dotfiles in NIX

howdy - 🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux

secretive - Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave

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

WinCryptSSHAgent - Using a Yubikey for SSH Authentication on Windows Seamlessly

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.