[fprint] [Spam?]Re: How to use fingerprint for Bios ?

[David Murn]

On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 14:47 +0330, a dehqan wrote:
> In The Name Of God The compassionate merciful

What the..?

> Any way that finger print can be used before gdm login  ? e.g bios
> passwords ,hard password , ... ?

You have asked two separate questions here, whether fprint can be used
before gdm, and then if it can be used with bios.

If youre talking about fprint for your BIOS/CMOS setup password, I think
youre out of luck, short of modifying an opensource BIOS and re-flashing
your system.

If you simply wish to use fprint before the gdm login window appears,
disable gdm in your startup, then use pam_fprintd at the login prompt,
then start gdm manually from a shell prompt.  That will allow you to
authenticate before starting the X server (gdm), if thats what you mean.

David