[Ubuntu-be] Fingerprint authentication

[Alexandre Ficelle]

Amedee Van Gasse a écrit :
> Op zondag 19-08-2007 om 09:57 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Amedee Van
> Gasse:
>> To conclude: fingerprint identification does _not_ work as in CSI.
>> Forget it, that is just television. In Real Life it is much harder.

> I forgot: what if you hurt your finger and it is in a bandage? You will
> need a secondary login mechanism for those cases!

That is exactly why you are always encouraged to enroll several fingers, 
not just one... :-) You'd have to be rather out of luck to hurt all your 
finger tips all at once!

On IBM ThinkPad's, you can press Esc to abort fingerprint reading and go 
back to the traditional BIOS password. When the operating system starts, 
you can also cancel the fingerprint reading and log in using your usual 
credentials. I believe you can enroll about 20 fingerprints in the 
system: you can even enroll your toes, I guess!

Alexandre