Never mind - found the answer. A setuid helper binary is used - http://linux.die.net/man/8/unix_chkpwd
This means that the "correct" solution for thinkfinger is to also have a helper binary that verifies fingerprint only for the invoking user. -- (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
