fprintd
Section: (1)Updated: 2010-02-16
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NAME
fprintd - Fingerprint management daemon, and test applicationsSYNOPSYS
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
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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 enroll the user's right index finger into 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
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSYS
- DESCRIPTION
- ARGUMENTS
- TEST APPLICATIONS
- fprintd-enroll
- fprintd-list
- fprintd-verify
- fprintd-enroll
- AUTHOR
- DIRECTORIES
- SEE ALSO
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