On Thursday 24 of September 2009 17:27:27 Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 16:44 +0200, Roberto Bertucci wrote:
> > Hello list, i am trying to configure my fresh Fedora11 installation to
> > authenticate my user using only fingerprint without entering the
> > username. I am not able to succeed in such a task. I tried playing with
> > PAM configuration files but no way....
> > Is there anybody who could give me some hint?
>
> pam_fprintd doesn't support that. The problem would be that the
> fingerprint reader would always be on, and possibly overheating.
>
> Cheers
>
always on like it is in windows? not a big deal IMHO.
anyway, would it be possible (theoretically, on fprintd side) to do this with
a modified version of xdm/gdm/kdm/... which would "listen" for fingerprints the
whole time it runs (instead of just when you hit OK/login/... button and PAM
is called)?
Pavel
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