Mac pro have fingerprint scanner (Touch ID) to simplify login process but this is not exposed in terminal. So each time you run commands with elevated privileges you need to type in your password. Following simple change would allow you to use Touch ID for authentication in Command prompt.
To use MacOS Touch ID in Terminal for sudo access instead of entering system password.
Edit this file /etc/pam.d/sudo
with your favourite editor.
sudo vim /etc/pam.d/sudo
Add the following line to the top of the file.
auth sufficient pam_tid.so
To enable Touch ID access on Iterm2. You need to do the following.
Go to Prefs -> Advanced -> Allow sessions to survive logging out and back in
and set value to no
.
Restart Iterm2 and voilĂ touch ID authentication will work on Iterm2.