Questions tagged [fingerprint]
a form of biometric identification used to authenticate a user or a hash value calculated to identify a large data set (e.g. PGP key or x.509 certificate) with a unique smaller string
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Kensington Desktop Fingerprint Key reader use with Ubuntu 23 / Linux Mint 21
This question may have been posed some time ago. However, it appears there were no suitable solutions at the time ...
So essentially, I would like to use a Kensington Desktop Fingerprint Key reader ...
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How to authenticate with password in terminal, with fprintd authentication enabled?
I enabled fingerprint authentication on my laptop running Debian 12 by following this guide:
$ doas apt install fprintd libpam-fprintd
$ fprintd-enroll -f right-middle-finger
$ fprintd-verify
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How see fingerprints visually as images?
fprint stores fingerprints in /var/lib/fprint/, how can I view these visually as images? I can't find any docs of fprint, except a few short man pages.
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Fingerprint doesn't work in linux (Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS)
I am trying to enable fingerprint, but when I run sudo fprintd-enroll it shows this Impossible to enroll: GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.NoSuchDevice: No devices available.
can anyone help ...
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Alternatives to fprintd
My fingerprint reader (27c6:55a2) is currently not supported with fprintd.
Are there any good alternatives supporting my reader?
I am using Mint with KDE, I used to have Windows 11, which used Windows ...
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FFMPEG replace specific place in a video
I have a show on my drive. In that series, there is a intro which starts randomly, one time at 2:00, second at 1:33, etc. However, I have a "custom intro" in a file. I want to replace that ...
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Is possible regenerate the "Encryption Fingerprint" for the "Remote Desktop" configuration?
To allow a Remote Desktop connection, in the client side can be use Remmina and in the server is mandatory enable the Remote Desktop option, it through Settings -> Sharing. This GUI is the same for ...
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How does "-" work in the "ssh-keygen -lf -" command?
I read this question
Get SSH server key fingerprint
In the answer and solution appears the following command (adapted here for presentation purposes)
ssh-keyscan 192.168.1.X | ssh-keygen -lf -
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How do I extract fingerprints from .ssh/known_hosts? but filtering for a specific key type
I read this question:
How do I extract fingerprints from .ssh/known_hosts?
The answer is valid, so I tried some variations:
ssh-keygen -lf ~/.ssh/known_hosts -F 192.168.1.X
ssh-keygen ...
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Linux/Fedora/Gnome disable "Press or click a key to unlock" for fast fingerprint login
I'm running Fedora 36 with GNOME DE and I'm trying to disable the need to press a key on the lock screen, so that I can just press Power/Fingerprint button and the laptop unlocks. I've already tried ...
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systemd screen lock with fingerprint on wake
5.18.9-arch1-1
Fingerprint sensor: 27c6:63ac Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix USB2.0 MISC
I created a systemd service that runs a bash script when the system wakes from hibernate:
[Unit]
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Unlock an ssh private key with a biometric token instead of a passphrase
I have private ssh keys that are protected by a passphrase. Is it possible to unlock those keys with some biometric token, in particular my personal fingerprint, instead of the passphrase?
I am using ...
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How to sync fingerprint login across Windows 11 and Linux Mint 20
I am a novice and I am trying to sync my fingerprints across Windows 11 and Linux Mint on a dual boot Lenovo T480. GitHub suggests an edit to the "/etc/python-validity/dbus-service.yaml" ...
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What is the fingerprint ssh is asking for?
$ ssh 192.168.29.126
The authenticity of host '192.168.29.126 (192.168.29.126)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:1RG/OFcYAVv57kcP784oaoeHcwjvHDAgtTFBckveoHE.
Are you sure you want ...
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Using Dell’s Goodix fingerprint driver for Ubuntu on Fedora 35
My Dell Inspiron laptop comes with a Goodix fingerprint sensor identified as ID 27c6:538c. It seems that this sensor doesn’t work out of the box, but Dell have a special repo with the drivers for ...
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Fingerprint enroll-data-full KDE Plasma 5.24 thinkpad p1 gen 4
I've upgraded to KDE Plasma 5.24 and I have installed frpintd successfully. It even shows up under Users as GUI. Yet as I start setting up the finger print... the result is this
Enroll-data-full . ...
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Fingerprint sensor not working on Ideapad Slim 5 although support is mentioned on fprint's website
The support for the fingerprint reader device I use (04f3:0c58 Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:Fingerprint) is available according to this page but when I try to run fprintd-enroll I always get ...
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How to disable fingerprint authentication when laptop lid is closed?
I recently managed to make fingerprint authentication work on my laptop, thanks to the Goodix Linux Development discord community and the github users Infinytum and Michael Teuscher on the driver/...
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Use fingerprint reader for everything but first login
I want to make efficient use of the fingerprint reader on my laptop. I was able to configure fingerprint reading through fprint and PAM (using the steps described in the second comment here), but I've ...
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How can I type a password when fprint is enabled?
I use Fedora 34. I love what fprint is doing when it allows me to authenticate using my fingerprints on my ThinkPad's built-in fingerprint reader, but when I'm in my office, I like to dock my laptop ...
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Fingerprint reader stop work after first attempt
I'm using fingerprint reader on my Lenovo T495s laptop with Gentoo linux.
I use fprintd service and it works well for login, unlocking screen etc.
Problem occurs when I did not place my finger ...
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EgisTec 0570 Fingerprint Sensor - fprintd-enroll not working
I have an Acer Swift 3 (SF314-57) running arch, which has an 0570 LighTuning Technology Inc. EgisTec Touch Fingerprint Sensor. Support for this device was just made available in the latest libfprint ...
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How do I implement `fprintd` into login in Kubuntu?
I have set up fprintd and added a fingerprint profile, but now I am stuck: how do I get this to let me log in? I have added
auth sufficient pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok
auth sufficient ...
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I get different types of fingerprints for ssh on 2 different computers
I have two computers that I would like to use to connect via ssh to a remote server. On the second computer I am connecting for the first time.
I get the known fingerprints from the first one using ...
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How to verify fingerprint of Dropbear RSA host key?
When I connect to my Dropbear SSH server for the first time, I get the following message:
me@laptop:~$ ssh me@server
The authenticity of host 'server' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is ...
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Where does fprint store fingerprints
I am using fingerprint scanner with python-validity driver. According to fprintd(1), fingerprint data is stored in /var/lib/fprint/ after enrolling a fingerprint with fprintd-enroll. But I have this ...
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The authenticity of host can't be established but that host is in known_hosts file
In order to skip initial SSH negotiation, I have added the public key of the server I am going to connect to inside my known_hosts file, following these suggestions.
However, when trying to connect to ...
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Fingerprint sensor detected; never unlocks
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 14ARE05 and have installed Debian SID on it. There were multiple compatibility issues out-of-the-box, but I've been able to resolve most of them. The only major one that ...
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Unlock i3lock on i3wm using finger print sensor (fprint)
I am trying to set up my i3lock that I would be able to unlock it using finger print sensor on my thinkpad x390 yoga.
I have set up my i3lock in .config/i3/config:
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --...
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fprintd: The driver encountered a protocol error with the device
I am trying to make work my finger print sensor thinkpad x390 yoga. I installed printfd package using yay. When I try to run fprintd-enroll, I get this error:
Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/...
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PAM fingerprint login blocks password
Is there a way to make PAM run authentication modules in parallel?
For all people who use PAM this may be useful.
It seems that PAM runs authentication modules in sequence and blocking.
What that ...
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fprintd-enroll list_devices failed: No devices available
Hey I'm using Hp folio 9470m but fprintd is not detecting my fingerprint reader. This is the model of my fingerprint sensor Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS491. Guys can anyone help me
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Finger print reader does nothing on login
Fingerprint reader: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. FingerPrint
OS: POP!_OS 20.04 LTS
System: Dell XPS 9500
Description:
I have followed this post to install fingerprint drivers on my laptop: XPS ...
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How can I get my fingerprint reader to work alongisde my password?
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T430 with an integrated fingerprint reader. I want to make it work alongside my password, not replace it. What I mean by this is that, when a password prompt comes up, I want ...
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polkit.Result.AUTH_ADMIN_KEEP not working with fprintd
I'm currently configuring fprintd on my computer. It is a powerful tool that makes the fingerprint authorization possible on Unix-like systems. However, a user can add modify and delete fingerprints ...
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Upek fingerprint reader not detected by lsusb (X230, Xubuntu 20.04)
I'm using Xubuntu 20.04 LTS on a Lenovo Thinkpad X230, which features an integrated Upek fingerprint reader. From other posts, I've seen that the fprintd added support for this device circa 2013, but ...
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How to develop fingerprint login for Linux desktop?
I am working on developing an application so that user can login to their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 desktop using fingerprint. I have the required driver and SDK for the Secugen fingerprint sensor ...
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How to turn off fingerprint reader?
How can I disable and turn off the fingerprint reader embedded in my Dell XPS 13 (7390)?
The device is a HTMIcroelectronics Goodix Fingerprint Device, USB ID 27c6:5385.
Powertop warns that it is ...
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Get different md5 value when to verify ssh public key
The author wrote ssh public finngerprint in the webpage.
fingerprint
If you want to send me an email, my fingerprint is:
5029 E0D0 F458 72E4 09D3 308D 1D51 378E E348 35B6
Now i make a ...
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multiple root access with own history
I want to get the publickey fingerprint of the user actualy logging in, to identify which user logging in as root, so i can create a bashrc for every user in a subfolder e.g. "/root/[FINGERPRINT]/....
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DigitalPersona driver not loading
I have spent many days trying to run a DigitalPersona 4500 fingerprint reader on debian 10 using the vendor sdk in version 2.2.0
I managed to compile the kernel module with some corrections and it ...
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Is there a driver for 138a:00ab Validity Sensors, Inc. fingerprint reader?
I just got a new computer that comes with this device
> lsusb -s 003 -v
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:00ab Validity Sensors, Inc.
Couldn't open device, some information will be missing
and the ...
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Fingerprint Sensor in Raspberry Pi with DeepinOS
I have a raspberry Pi 2 + that I want to run Deepin OS on. Deepen 15.x has a new fingerprint reader feature. For those of you who don't know, Deepin is made as a standalone distro as well as is the ...
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fprint doesn't find my laptop's fingerprint device but lsusb does?
So when i use lsusb i can find the fingerprint device, the name of it is Generic goodix fingerprint device and my laptop is lenovo thinkpad 530s
considering that lsusb can find it then why can't ...
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160-bit fingerprint of RSA key
The command
ssh-keygen -lf /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
prints the 128-bit fingerprint of the RSA key.
What is the command to get the 160-bit fingerprint of a RSA key?
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Several representations for key fingerprint
In ssh server and client authentication, key fingerprints are presented in different ways, even using the same command ssh-keygen -lf (in different hosts or as regards different keys).
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No Fingerprint Button in Ubuntu 19.04
I've updated on Ubuntu 19.04, hoping to unlock my Acer Spin 5 with the Elantech Fingerprint Sensor (04f3: 0c03). When I go to the user settings, there is no button that I can use to add fingers.
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which part is the fingerprint in gpg public key
I am using gpg -
$ gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.12
libgcrypt 1.8.4
I am trying to understand the difference between the two commands :
$ gpg --list-key
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$ gpg --fingerprint
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How can I automate adding entries to .ssh/known_hosts?
I administer a lot of hosts, and every time I ssh into a new batch for the first time, it is tedious to tell my secure shell client yes for each and every host that I accept the host key fingerprint ...
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fingerprint-gui on Linux Mint 19 "Tara" cinnamon works but not on first boot or in software center
On my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon 3rd. Gen., fingerprint-gui works fine when locking the screen or requesting sudo in terminal.
It doesn't work when I freshly boot up the system at first login, and it ...
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