fprintd

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Updated: 2021-02-22
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NAME

fprintd - Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications  

SYNOPSIS

fprintd-enroll [-f finger] [usename]

fprintd-list username [usernames...]

fprintd-verify [-f finger] [usename]

fprintd-delete username [usernames...]  

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the fprintd command-line utilities.

The fprintd daemon is accessed through D-Bus by those command-line utilities.  

ARGUMENTS

username
The username for the user for which you want to query or modify the fingerprint database.

Not that fprintd-list and fprintd-delete require at least one username to be passed, and support multiple usernames.

fprintd-enroll and fprintd-verify will use the current username if none are passed on the command-line.

-f finger
For fprintd-enroll, the finger to enroll. Possible values are:

left-thumb, left-index-finger, left-middle-finger, left-ring-finger, left-little-finger, right-thumb, right-index-finger, right-middle-finger, right-ring-finger, right-little-finger.

The default is automatic, selecting the first available finger for swipe devices, or all the enrolled fingers, for press devices.

 

TEST APPLICATIONS

 

fprintd-enroll

Will enroll the user's right index finger into the database.
 

fprintd-list

Will list the user's enrolled fingerprints.
 

fprintd-verify

Will verify the user's fingerprints against the database.
 

fprintd-enroll

Will enroll the user's right index finger into the database.
 

AUTHOR

fprintd was written by Bastien Nocera and Daniel Drake.  

DIRECTORIES

By default, fprintd stores the fingerprints in /var/lib/fprint/  

SEE ALSO

gnome-control-center


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
TEST APPLICATIONS
fprintd-enroll
fprintd-list
fprintd-verify
fprintd-enroll
AUTHOR
DIRECTORIES
SEE ALSO

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