• Fingerprint Reader Ubuntu 18

• Ubuntu 19.04 » Ubuntu Desktop Guide » Hardware » Fingerprints & smart cards » Log in with a fingerprint. Follow the instructions in the dialog and swipe your finger at a moderate speed over your fingerprint reader. Once the computer has a good record of your fingerprint.
• I have a Dell laptop with fingerprint reader inbuilt. I just ran lsusb on terminal and got the following result: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader.

If you get a fingerprint reader, you can set up a fingerprint authentication functionality to Ubuntu, including a seamless integration into GNOME 2.x, Unity and GNOME 3.x using FPrint.

If your laptop has a fingerprint reader and you are the Linux user then there is good news for you. As you know, every Linux distro asks for permission when you execute sudo and you have to enter the password for authentication every time.

So, you can use fingerprint reader instead of the password. You can also use it in login session. Now let’s start from ‘A’; Installationsudo apt install -y fprintd libpam-fprintd Checking the driverlsusb Enroll the fingerprintfprintd-enroll $USERlet’s make a little bit changes in “ pam. D” (Pluggable Authentication Modules. Daemon ) file.

Fingerprint Reader Ubuntu 18

The changes which I am going to make just change the preferences of authentications while login. So, open terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and execute the command;sudo vi / etc/pam.d/common-auth //// I’m using vim editor, you can use other.You’ll see this window and modify the below line in the file;“ auth success=1 default=ignore pamunix.so nulloksecure “then save and exit.or you can also do this via terminal. Via Terminal:sudo pam-auth-updateHit enter.and checked the Fingerprint authentication and hit enter or OK.reboot your machine and enjoy!