NAME¶

fprintd - Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications

SYNOPSYS¶

fprintd-enroll [username] 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¶

fprintd-list¶

fprintd-verify¶

fprintd-enroll¶

AUTHOR¶

fprintd was written by Bastien Nocera and Daniel Drake.

DIRECTORIES¶

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

SEE ALSO¶

dbus-daemon, gnome-about-me