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[GH-ISSUE #178] What is the "Password:" for which I'm prompted when I run `mkcert -install` on a Mac? #114

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opened 2026-02-25 22:32:38 +03:00 by kerem · 7 comments

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Originally created by @kenny-evitt on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/178

From a Terminal window:

$ mkcert -install
Created a new local CA at "/Users/kenny/Library/Application Support/mkcert" 💥
Password:

I'm pretty sure this is my Keychain password (the 'login' password for my user) but it's certainly not clear that that's what's being requested. Could this (or should) this be documented in the README? (I'd be willing to make a stab at doing so if it's considered helpful.)

Originally created by @kenny-evitt on GitHub (Jul 19, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/178 From a *Terminal* window: ``` $ mkcert -install Created a new local CA at "/Users/kenny/Library/Application Support/mkcert" 💥 Password: ``` I'm pretty sure this is my Keychain password (the 'login' password for my user) but it's certainly not clear that that's what's being requested. Could this (or should) this be documented in the README? (I'd be willing to make a stab at doing so if it's considered helpful.)

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@hauleth commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

Current account password. The same you use when you do sudo true

@hauleth commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): Current account password. The same you use when you do `sudo true`

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@rfay commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

This is a confusing thing that mkcert silently runs sudo. Maybe necessary, but a little more output would be useful, knowing that sudo may go ahead and prompt for password.

@rfay commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): This is a confusing thing that mkcert silently runs sudo. Maybe necessary, but a little more output would be useful, knowing that sudo may go ahead and prompt for password.

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@hauleth commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019):

Actually, at least in macOS Sierra, it is not needed to use sudo for security command line tool, as this will automatically ask user whether they allow changes and would even allow using TouchID to confirm such changes.

@hauleth commented on GitHub (Jul 29, 2019): Actually, at least in macOS Sierra, it is not needed to use `sudo` for `security` command line tool, as this will automatically ask user whether they allow changes and would even allow using TouchID to confirm such changes.

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@adamdecaf commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

I created https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/pull/183 which removes sudo where we can, but since we add the mkcert root to the System Keychain sudo appears to be required still.

@adamdecaf commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): I created https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/pull/183 which removes `sudo` where we can, but since we add the mkcert root to the System Keychain `sudo` appears to be required still.

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019):

We should probably always pass --prompt="Sudo password:" to sudo.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Jul 30, 2019): We should probably always pass `--prompt="Sudo password:"` to `sudo`.

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@kenny-evitt commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2019):

@FiloSottile That's a good idea too but a brief mention in the README would nicely set expectations too:

Note sudo requirement by kenny-evitt · Pull Request #185 · FiloSottile/mkcert

@kenny-evitt commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2019): @FiloSottile That's a good idea too but a brief mention in the README would nicely set expectations too: - [Note `sudo` requirement by kenny-evitt · Pull Request #185 · FiloSottile/mkcert](https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/pull/185)

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@adamdecaf commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2019):

I like the idea of passing --promtp to sudo.

@adamdecaf commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2019): I like the idea of passing `--promtp` to `sudo`.