fprintd-list1
Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications
Part of fprintd(1).
Usage
fprintd-enroll [-f
finger]
[usename]
fprintd-list username
[usernames ...]
fprintd-verify [-f
finger]
[usename]
fprintd-delete username
[usernames ...]
Overview
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-listandfprintd-deleterequire at least one username to be passed, and support multiple usernames.fprintd-enrollandfprintd-verifywill 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.
Directories
By default, fprintd stores the fingerprints in /var/lib/fprint/
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
- Debian 9 (Stretch)
- Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)