fprintd

Daemon to offer libfprint functionality over D-Bus Currently in early stages. Might eat your kangaroo.

Written in C. Requires bleeding edge libfprint (libusb-1.0 port).

Licensed under the GPL version 2 (see COPYING).

An experimental PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory. This will be moved to a separate package once the system has matured.

API use cases

User wants to use the fingerprint reader, and enroll his fingerprints, or remove some fingerprints from the database
Administrator wants to enroll fingerprints for a particular user, or remove fingerprints for a particular user
Laptop/desktop authentication:
- Check for fingerprint devices
- Check whether a particular user has any fingerprints enrolled
- Verify a fingerprint for a particular user, or, if the device supports it, verify that the fingerprint matches against any of the fingerprints enrolled
Point Of Sale authentication (in a bar, the fingerprint reader is used to see who accesses a particular point of sale/till, in place of PIN code authentication and/or tokens)
- Given a list of users, verify which one has scanned their finger