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.IX Title "fprintd 1"
.TH fprintd 1 2024-04-04 freedesktop ""
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.SH NAME
fprintd \- Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBfprintd-enroll\fR [\-f finger] [usename]
.PP
\&\fBfprintd-list\fR username [usernames...]
.PP
\&\fBfprintd-verify\fR [\-f finger] [usename]
.PP
\&\fBfprintd-delete\fR username [usernames...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the \fBfprintd\fR command-line utilities.
.PP
The \fBfprintd\fR daemon is accessed through \fBD\-Bus\fR by those command-line utilities.
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IX Header "ARGUMENTS"
.IP \fBusername\fR 8
.IX Item "username"
The username for the user for which you want to query or modify the fingerprint database.
.Sp
Note that \fBfprintd-list\fR and \fBfprintd-delete\fR require at least one username to be passed, and support multiple usernames.
.Sp
\&\fBfprintd-enroll\fR and \fBfprintd-verify\fR will use the current username if none are passed on the command-line.
.IP "\fB\-f finger\fR" 8
.IX Item "-f finger"
For \fBfprintd-enroll\fR, the finger to enroll. Possible values are:
.Sp
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.
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The default is to choose automatically, selecting the first available finger for swipe devices, or all the enrolled fingers, for press devices.
.SH "TEST APPLICATIONS"
.IX Header "TEST APPLICATIONS"
.SS fprintd-enroll
.IX Subsection "fprintd-enroll"
.RS 8
Will enroll the user's right index finger into the database.
.RE
.SS fprintd-list
.IX Subsection "fprintd-list"
.RS 8
Will list the user's enrolled fingerprints.
.RE
.SS fprintd-verify
.IX Subsection "fprintd-verify"
.RS 8
Will verify the user's fingerprints against the database.
.RE
.SS fprintd-delete
.IX Subsection "fprintd-delete"
.RS 8
Will delete the user's right index finger into the database.
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
\&\fBfprintd\fR was written by Bastien Nocera and Daniel Drake.
.SH DIRECTORIES
.IX Header "DIRECTORIES"
By default, fprintd stores the fingerprints in \fB/var/lib/fprint/\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP \fBgnome-control-center\fR 8
.IX Item "gnome-control-center"