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fprintd
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2018-06-07 22:25:39 +02:00
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https://fprint.freedesktop.org/
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Daemon to offer libfprint functionality over D-Bus
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2013-09-30 09:43:46 +02:00
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Might eat your kangaroo.
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2008-03-04 12:36:28 +00:00
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2013-09-30 09:43:46 +02:00
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Written in C.
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2012-11-16 12:52:58 +01:00
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Licensed under the GPL version 2 or any later version (see COPYING).
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2013-09-30 09:43:46 +02:00
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A PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory.
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2008-11-03 22:55:01 +00:00
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2021-06-30 14:17:28 +02:00
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Translating
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fprintd and pam_fprintd are translated using weblate. Please visit
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https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/fprintd/ to contribute
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translations.
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2008-10-29 14:36:16 +00:00
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API use cases
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=============
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- User wants to use the fingerprint reader, and enroll
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his fingerprints, or remove some fingerprints from the database
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- Administrator wants to enroll fingerprints for a particular user,
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or remove fingerprints for a particular user
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- Laptop/desktop authentication:
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* Check for fingerprint devices
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* Check whether a particular user has any fingerprints enrolled
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* Verify a fingerprint for a particular user, or, if the device
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supports it, verify that the fingerprint matches against
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any of the fingerprints enrolled
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- Point Of Sale authentication (in a bar, the fingerprint reader is
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used to see who accesses a particular point of sale/till, in place
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of PIN code authentication and/or tokens)
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* Given a list of users, verify which one has scanned their finger
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2021-04-15 17:37:59 +02:00
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Debugging
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=========
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To enable debug output run `systemctl edit fprintd.service` then enter:
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```
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[Service]
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Environment=G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
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```
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Save the result and restart fprintd using `systemctl restart fprintd.service`.
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After that, you can grab the logs using `journalctl -u fprintd.service`.
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