On 3/29/08, Daniel Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > 1. Allow getting password if provided, this is taken from pam-pkcs11.
>  > For example, user enter his username and password at kdm, the pam
>  > module can detect this and use this password.
>
>
> You mean to offer both the option of fingerprint OR password login at
>  the same time? Thinkfinger does this too but the code is really ugly..
>  will have to look at how pkcs11 does it.

No... Just take it from the environment.
If user enters user/password in KDM accept this.
Use BIO only if password is empty.

>  > 3. Scan timeout action, fail or continue to next PAM provider.
> Not really possible due to design problems with the library. Being
>  worked on, but it's a lot of work to stabilise:
>  
> http://www.reactivated.net/weblog/archives/2008/03/asynchronous-fingerprint-scanning

OK.

>  > 4. Allow disable the PAM messaging, currently it prompt the user with
>  > some message and then he has to enter OK before scanning.

> Patches accepted :)

Just place the template to get PAM module arguments, and I take it from
there. I am no expert in PAM... :(

Alon.
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