---
name: "fprintd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fprintd"
version: "1.94.5-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fprintd"
---

# fprintd(1)

Fingerprint management daemon, and test applications

## 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**