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

The username for the user for which you want to query or modify the fingerprint database.

Note 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 to choose automatically, selecting the first available finger for swipe devices, or all the enrolled fingers, for press devices.

TEST APPLICATIONS

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