*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1532264 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532264
odd, I didn't notice anything broken. It appears to work just fine.
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1532264 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532264
Steve, wasn't ever actually properly fixed as the configuration bit as
enough to handle that, but was breaking fprintd usage at all.
So worked only as a workaround.
Anyways, this can be marked as duplicate
A little research reveals that this _was_ actually fixed in 2011, but a
config option needs to be added to enable it.
I've tested the config change, and it works perfectly on 20.04.1 LTS
This is as simple as setting:
auth_self_keep
inside the auth_self_keep section.
(or see patch)
Can this be
This is sad. Thanks for finding that initial bug trace.
Tracing this back (it seems to go back further than just gnome 2 years
ago), it's a known problem going back 9 years, and the meta-issue seems
to be a combination of finger-pointing, and "Well THAT'S not a real
security bug because."
I'
Here is the upstream bug for this issue:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/issues/5
** Bug watch added: gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/issues #5
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libfprint/fprintd/-/issues/5
** Also affects: fprintd via
https://gitlab.freedesktop.
