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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:38:36 +0200
From:      Simon Barner <barner@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org, Simon Barner <barner@FreeBSD.org>, mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: fprint (finger print sensor framework) port ready for testing
Message-ID:  <20080415193836.GA1956@dose.local.invalid>
In-Reply-To: <1208256383.1513.6.camel@localhost>
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Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> As I understand, pam module requires user name first.
> So there no way to make gdm/kdm/*dm just scan image, find apropriate
> user and login him ?

As far as I can tell, it currently is not supported, but somebody seems
to work on it:

http://www.mail-archive.com/fprint@reactivated.net/msg00471.html
>=20
> ???Have you seen/reviewed security/bioapi and security/bsp_upektfmess
> (later works only on RELENG_6 now) ?

Yes. In the mean time, there even is a binary of the UPEK driver for
FreeBSD 7 i386, but the pam module did not work for me.
>=20
> Looks like fprint ports are introduce one new bioapi ?

Yes, but at it seems, the developers deliberated well about it:

http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/FAQ#Why_no_BioAPI.3F

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Best regards / Viele Gr=FC=DFe,                             barner@FreeBSD.=
org
 Simon Barner                                                barner@gmx.de

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