On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 19:09 +0000, Jon Escombe wrote: > Jon Nettleton wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 14:50 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum wrote: > >> On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 14:16 +0000, Jon Escombe wrote: > >>> If you just want to avoid entering the password after logon, you could > >>> also look at pam_keyring which will silently give it the logon password.. > >> Which doesn't work if you are using a non-password based login technique > >> (key, fingerprint, etc). > > > > Is this still the case? I know back in August the guys from pam_bioapi > > were working on embedding an encrypted password in the biometric > > signature file. This would enable the biometric scanner to then > > unencrypt it and pass that along in the pam stack as PAM_AUTHTOK for the > > other services that needed it. > > > > It's still the case when using pam_thinkfinger at least... Perhaps I'm > just missing a better way to configure it all?
Quick follow up for the records. pam_bioapi does indeed allow for the storage of a password in the fingerprint. It is not secured yet, but I think they are working on that. This functionality does allow a person to authenticate with their finger and then the pam_bioapi module will pass the stored password down the pam stack. I hope this helps someone out. Jon > > Regards, > Jon. > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
