Bug 40639 - Please implement authentication via fingerprint reader
Summary: Please implement authentication via fingerprint reader
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: PolicyKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: daemon (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
QA Contact: David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail)
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Reported: 2011-09-05 07:16 UTC by Rafael Belmonte
Modified: 2011-09-05 09:07 UTC (History)
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Description Rafael Belmonte 2011-09-05 07:16:34 UTC 
Some modern laptops are equipped with a fingerprint reader, which allow user to authenticate in a more comfortable way than typing a password.
Please make policykit compatible with this authentication method using a fingerprint reader.
Comment 1 David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail) 2011-09-05 09:07:42 UTC 
This already works fine provided you have the right PAM module. In Fedora 15 it works out of the box, see e.g. http://davidz25.blogspot.com/2011/02/gnome-3-authorization.html

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