[fprint] pam_fprint identification support

[Dave (My-IOP)]

Vasily,
This is exciting work! I will probably wait until it is beta level to test
it, but I look forward to that.
Dave

On Feb 17, 2008 1:35 PM, Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there :)
>
> Here's first results of my efforts.
>
> pam_fprint now supports user identification (i.e. you do not need to enter
> a
> username to login, it will automatically detects one)
>
> =========================================
> It's an alpha version, so I recommend use it only for testing!
> =========================================
>
> Unfornatelly, patch for libfprint required
> (0001-Added-function-to-update-storage-path.patch) . To collect
> fingerprints
> from all users I need to reset base_storage path for libfprint, so I've
> added
> such functionality. I don't like this solution, so any suggestions/other
> solutions are welcome ;)
>
> For now pam_fprint collects fingerprints from ~/.fprint for each user
> listed
> in /etc/fprint, so you must create this file and fill it with usernames
> you
> need.
>
> Known limitations/bugs:
>
> - You should have unique fingerprints enrolled for each account. Later
> pam_fprint_enroll will ensure that fingerprint is unique.
> - Identification supported only for imaging devices
> - I don't know applications except pamtest that supports usernameless auth
> - You need to create /etc/fprint file by hands
>
> agetty doesn't support username-less auth.
> No graphical login manager supports identification for the moment. I'll
> create
> a patch for kdm next week.
>
> Regards
> Vasily
>
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