who-sudod: Open-Source Tool Reveals Which Process Triggered macOS sudo/TouchID Prompts
zats · x · 2026-09-05
Developer zats open-sourced who-sudod, addressing macOS's long-uninformative auth windows: sudo/TouchID prompts often don't show which app or call chain is requesting access — a growing problem with background AI agents.
- Adds a passive process panel beside auth dialogs from SecurityAgent and the LocalAuthentication UI agent, showing the requester's call chain
- Also catches interactive /usr/bin/sudo waiting for a hidden password in a terminal, where macOS shows no dialog
- He proposes approving sudo via biometrics from iPhone over PAM and pinged the Codex team to adopt it
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