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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
fprintd-enroll
Will enroll the user's right index finger into the database.
fprintd-list
Will list the user's enrolled fingerprints.
fprintd-verify
Will verify the user's fingerprints against the database.
fprintd-delete
Will delete the user's right index finger into the database.
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
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