FingerprintAuthentication

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Summary

Users should be able to use Fingerprint readers for authenticating themselves, using the [http://www.bioapi.org/internationalversion.html BioAPI] framework, for example for login or sudo.

Status of Implementation

A BioAPI library implementation is available from [http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/blua/ Michael R. Crusoe's homepage], which also has a BioAPI PAM module.

The UPEK TouchChip (shipped with ThinkPads) [http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp offers] a binary kernel module.

Status of Distribution Support

Debian packages for the BioAPI library are available from [http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/temp/ Michael R. Crusoe's homepage]. The PAM module and the TouchChip drivers have not been packaged yet, various pages ([http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader ThinkWiki], [http://linux.spiney.org/debian_gnu_linux_on_an_ibm_thinkpad_t43p_fingerprint_reader linux.spiney.org]) provide information on additional setup steps.