1fprintd
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4https://fprint.freedesktop.org/
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6Daemon to offer libfprint functionality over D-Bus
7Might eat your kangaroo.
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9Written in C.
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11Licensed under the GPL version 2 or any later version (see COPYING).
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13A PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory.
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15API use cases
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18- User wants to use the fingerprint reader, and enroll
19  his fingerprints, or remove some fingerprints from the database
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21- Administrator wants to enroll fingerprints for a particular user,
22  or remove fingerprints for a particular user
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24- Laptop/desktop authentication:
25  * Check for fingerprint devices
26  * Check whether a particular user has any fingerprints enrolled
27  * Verify a fingerprint for a particular user, or, if the device
28  supports it, verify that the fingerprint matches against
29  any of the fingerprints enrolled
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31- Point Of Sale authentication (in a bar, the fingerprint reader is
32  used to see who accesses a particular point of sale/till, in place
33  of PIN code authentication and/or tokens)
34  * Given a list of users, verify which one has scanned their finger
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