NAME
pam_thinkfinger - PAM module for fingerprint authentication through
libthinkfinger
DESCRIPTION
ThinkFinger is a driver for the UPEK/SGS Thomson Microelectronics
fingerprint reader (USB ID 0483:2016). The device is being found
either as a standalone USB device, built into USB keyboards or built
into laptops (mostly Dell, IBM/Lenovo and Toshiba).
pam_thinkfinger is the PAM module responsible for fingerprint
authentication through libthinkfinger. The module does only trigger
for users which have deposited their fingerprint in the
/etc/pam_thinkfinger folder.
OPTIONS
debug Turns on debugging via syslog(3)
REQUIREMENTS
In order to use the the PAM module pam_thinkfinger, your Linux kernel
has to be compiled with uinput support (CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT). The
location of the uinput interface depends on your distribution. To
ensure that your system is properly set up, one of the following
interfaces has to exist:
/dev/input/uinput
/dev/misc/uinput
/dev/uinput
If the interface is not there, run:
$ modprobe uinput
Ask the maintainers of your distribution to automatically load the
module.
FILES
/etc/pam_thinkfinger
The default folder where the fingerprint for login users are
stored
/lib/security
The default folder for PAM modules
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/common-auth:
sufficient auth pam_thinkfinger.so
To enable debugging support via syslog(3), add the following line to
/etc/pam.d/common-auth:
sufficient auth pam_thinkfinger.so debug
BUGS
Please report bugs to <thinkfinger-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>.
SEE ALSO
tf-tool(1), pam(8)
http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/
AUTHORS
ThinkFinger was written by Timo Hoenig <thoenig@suse.de> and Pavel
Machek <pavel@suse.cz> and is licensed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GPL).
This manual page was written by Luca Capello <luca@pca.it>. Additions
by Jose Plans. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify
this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Feb 27, 2007