Comments on: Fingerprint authentication in Ubuntu http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu Me, myself and I Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rac http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-600 rac Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:58:19 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/#comment-600 @phil It works to unlock the screensaver Actually it just has a bug in the sudo programm thats fixed for debian but not yet fixed in ubuntu... @phil
It works to unlock the screensaver
Actually it just has a bug in the sudo programm thats fixed for debian but not yet fixed in ubuntu…

]]> By: Wladston http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-601 Wladston Mon, 19 May 2008 04:03:07 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/#comment-601 One thing that I miss from the time that I was a windows user was to authenticate JUST by swaping the finger, whithout having to type the user name. The fingerprint program on windows used the finger to see with user was trying to log in, so I didn't have to type in my username ... One thing that I miss from the time that I was a windows user was to authenticate JUST by swaping the finger, whithout having to type the user name.

The fingerprint program on windows used the finger to see with user was trying to log in, so I didn’t have to type in my username …

]]> By: magicfab http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-597 magicfab Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:04:39 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/#comment-597 Thanks for pointing that out, Jeff! I've corrected it. The package name is fprint-demo, though, not to be confused. Thanks for pointing that out, Jeff! I’ve corrected it. The package name is fprint-demo, though, not to be confused.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-598 Jeff Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:52:27 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/#comment-598 To enroll fingerprints, the command should be fprint_demo not fprint-demo. Other than that, it worked perfectly on my Toshiba Tecra M7 laptop running Hardy Beta. Thanks for the instructions! To enroll fingerprints, the command should be fprint_demo not fprint-demo.

Other than that, it worked perfectly on my Toshiba Tecra M7 laptop running Hardy Beta.

Thanks for the instructions!

]]> By: Phil http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1#comment-599 Phil Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:57:33 +0000 http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2008/03/21/fingerprint-authentication-in-ubuntu/#comment-599 I've used thinkfinger in the past, and it is quite good. I believe the only problem is that you can't use it to unlock the screensaver. Does fprint have this problem as well? From what I could tell it was actually a bug in gnome's screensaver. I’ve used thinkfinger in the past, and it is quite good. I believe the only problem is that you can’t use it to unlock the screensaver. Does fprint have this problem as well? From what I could tell it was actually a bug in gnome’s screensaver.

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