fprintd
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Updated: 2021-01-26
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NAME
fprintd - Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications
SYNOPSIS
fprintd-enroll [-f finger] [usename]
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
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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
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Will enroll the user's right index finger into the database.
fprintd-list
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Will list the user's enrolled fingerprints.
fprintd-verify
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Will verify the user's fingerprints against the database.
fprintd-enroll
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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
- gnome-control-center
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