libpam-fprint 20080330+git-4 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu maverick
pam_fprint is a PAM module which uses libfprint's fingerprint verification
functionality to implement a fingerprint-based authentication scheme.
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This means that you may be able to authenticate against every service, tool,
application or whatever that uses PAM as an authentication mechanism; for
example ssh, gdm/kdm/xdm, most screen savers, login, su, sudo, etc.
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Previously, Linux support for such devices has been scattered amongst different
projects (many incomplete) and inconsistent in that application developers
would have to implement support for each type of fingerprint reader separately.
The idea is to change that by providing a central system to support all the
fingerprint readers as it's possible to get hands on.
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libfprint is the centre of efforts, this component does the dirty job of
talking to fingerprint reading devices, and processing fingerprint data.
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This library depends on the new libusb, which performs asynchronous callbacks,
allowing fprint to perform non-blocking device tasks.
Old synchronous library has been deprecated in favor of the new libusb-1.0.
Details
- Package version:
- 20080330+git-4
- Status:
- Superseded
- Component:
- universe
- Priority:
- Extra
Downloadable files
- libpam-fprint_20080330+git-4_amd64.deb (deleted)
Package relationships
- Depends on: