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Bastien Nocera 69c131f723 Add gross hack to allow root to verify users 
This is a gross hack for PAM sessions to work as expected. root
is allowed to verify any users. If you want to allow any other
actions for root, you'll need to go through normal PolicyKit
procedures.

This should fix fingerprint authentication not working in GDM, or
on the console.
2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
data Fix distcheck 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
pam Fix distcheck 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
po Fix distcheck 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
src Add gross hack to allow root to verify users 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
tests Prefix the test binaries 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00
.gitignore Rename examples to tests 2008-03-09 10:51:48 +00:00
acinclude.m4 Add warnings m4 macros from GNOME 2008-11-02 11:16:59 +00:00
AUTHORS Add myself to the authors 2008-11-02 11:16:13 +00:00
autogen.sh Add PolicyKit checking 2008-05-22 17:56:25 +01:00
ChangeLog Initial commit 2008-03-04 12:39:02 +00:00
configure.ac Add PAM module 2008-11-03 22:53:44 +00:00
COPYING Initial commit 2008-03-04 12:39:02 +00:00
INSTALL Initial commit 2008-03-04 12:39:02 +00:00
Makefile.am Add PAM module 2008-11-03 22:53:44 +00:00
NEWS Initial commit 2008-03-04 12:39:02 +00:00
README Note that pam_fprint is only temporarily here 2008-11-03 22:55:01 +00:00
TODO Add another TODO item 2008-11-21 18:14:09 +00:00

README 

fprintd
=======

http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Fprintd

Daemon to offer libfprint functionality over D-Bus
Currently in early stages. Might eat your kangaroo.

Written in C. Requires bleeding edge libfprint (libusb-1.0 port).

Licensed under the GPL version 2 (see COPYING).

An experimental PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory.
This will be moved to a separate package once the system has matured.

API use cases
=============

- User wants to use the fingerprint reader, and enroll
  his fingerprints, or remove some fingerprints from the database

- Administrator wants to enroll fingerprints for a particular user,
  or remove fingerprints for a particular user

- Laptop/desktop authentication:
  * Check for fingerprint devices
  * Check whether a particular user has any fingerprints enrolled
  * Verify a fingerprint for a particular user, or, if the device
  supports it, verify that the fingerprint matches against
  any of the fingerprints enrolled

- Point Of Sale authentication (in a bar, the fingerprint reader is
  used to see who accesses a particular point of sale/till, in place
  of PIN code authentication and/or tokens)
  * Given a list of users, verify which one has scanned their finger