If gnome-screensaver isn't root during authentication, then how does an ordinary password work? They are stored in a root readable file /etc/shadow. Whatever credential switching that is done in order for ordinary passwords to work could also be done for thinkfinger to work.
-- (gutsy) lock screen doesn't support fingerprint readers driven by thinkfinger https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
