Re: fprint (finger print sensor framework) port ready for testing

Simon Barner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <20080415193836.GA1956__7060.53641993112$1208288426$gmane$org@dose.local.invalid>
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/[email protected]/msg00471.html
> 
> ???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.
> 
> 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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 Simon Barner                                                [email protected]
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