Your message dated Wed, 3 Nov 2021 17:17:38 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug #469059 has caused the Debian Bug report #469059, regarding libpam-fprint: doesn't allow password authentication if enabled to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: libpam-fprint Version: 0.2-1 Severity: important Hello, differently from ThinkFinger, fprint doesn't allow direct password authentication instead of swiping your finger. This has slightly different effects WRT the program asking for authentication: - login/su/sudo you must swipe "fault" fingers until the "too many failed scans" message appears and then you are asked for your password. A security-related side-effect is that you can still type your password, which is shown on the screen... - gnome-screensaver similar to login/su/sudo, while you can type your password (this time substituted by a point character), the "Unlock" button is disabled until too many failed scans happened - xscreensaver/xlockmore the major problem is that you cannot directly swipe your finger, but you need to first press ENTER (or the OK button), thus the user doesn't understand what's happening Except for xlockmore (bug #469034 [1]), ThinkFinger works flawlessly after having applied the patches at bug #469043 [2] and #469048 [3]. This is the main reason I think the problem is libpam-fprint and not the above programs. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://bugs.debian.org/469034 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/469043 [3] http://bugs.debian.org/469048 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libpam-fprint depends on: ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfprint0 0.0.5-2 fingerprint library of fprint proj ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-5 Pluggable Authentication Modules l libpam-fprint recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---This bug affected a very old version of fprintd that is not maintained anymore. Feel free to reopen it in case new versions are affeceted too.
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