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by hitpointdrew 1202 days ago
For me THE reason to get a Mac is because of iterm2.

The BEST feature it has is a built in password manager. Need a password for sudo, no problem option+command+f brings up a small window here you can add as many passwords as you like and name them and save them. Double click the password and it puts in the command line for you, it even warns you if it detects that you are not actually at a password prompt. This great if you have passwords for postgres, redis, sudo access, etc. etc.
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is_taken 1202 days ago
On Macs with touch id, you can enable sudo via fingerprint reader for the local machine.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/259093/can-touch-i...

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hitpointdrew 1202 days ago
That's great for the the local machine..... what about the 80 servers I manage with ssh access? The vast majority of what I do is on remote servers.
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ShittyKickflips 1202 days ago
I kind of solved this with salt stack. But i still have like 15 machines where cfg management is nogo. I will use built in pass manager there. But i am open to tips.
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is_taken 1202 days ago
I agree that iterm2 password manager is great (i use it too).

I just wanted to mention the sudo-fingerprint feature for the local machine in case someone did not know.

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ShittyKickflips 1202 days ago
I like also terminal splitting and tmux support. Never used integrated pass manager, good hint. I am guilty of using maybe 5% of iterm capabilities. :)
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