Life & fun · September 20, 2017
WSL-Hello-sudo, sudo by face recognition of Windows Hello on WSL
Let's sudo by face recognition of Windows Hello on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). It runs on both WSL 1 and WSL 2. This is a PAM module for Linux on WSL. - nullpo-head/WSL-Hello-sudo
WSL-Hello-sudo, sudo by face recognition of Windows Hello on WSL launched on September 20, 2017 with 7 votes, #1,099 of 3,072 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
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Sudo for Windows2017 · github.com · ▲58sudo for windows. Contribute to mattn/sudo development by creating an account on GitHub.
A fork of sudo with Touch ID support2016 · github.com · ▲347A fork of `sudo` with Touch ID support. Contribute to mattrajca/sudo-touchid development by creating an account on GitHub.
Distrod – WSL2 Distros with Systemd; Arch, Gentoo and More with Systemd2021 · github.com · ▲59Distrod is a meta-distro for WSL 2 which installs Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, Gentoo, etc. with systemd in a minute for you. Distrod also has built-in auto-start feature on Windows startup and port forwarding ability. - nullpo-head/wsl-distrod
Gaze – Facial Authentication for LinuxAug 2026 · github.com · ▲5Facial authentication for Linux with on-device face recognition, PAM integration, and tools for login, lock screen, sudo, and desktop management.
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