#923221 ITP: libpam-fingerprint -- Pluggable Authentication Module for fingerprint authentication

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Philipp Meisberger
Date:
2025-11-29 16:43:52 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#923221#5
Date:
2019-02-25 08:20:45 UTC
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* Package name    : libpam-fingerprint
  Version         : 1.5
  Upstream Author : Philipp Meisberger <team@pm-codeworks.de>
* URL             : https://github.com/philippmeisberger/pam-fingerprint
* License         : D-FSL
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Pluggable Authentication Module for fingerprint authentication

This module provides biomtric fingerprint authentication. Supported sensors are ZhianTec ZFM-20, ZFM-60, ZFM-70 and ZFM-100. Other models like R302, R303, R305, R306, R307, R551 and FPM10A also work.

This package is a good addition to Debian since there seems no such package. Easy to configure. The package is no dependency for other packages. I am looking for a sponsor.

Regards,
Philipp Meisberger
#923221#10
Date:
2019-02-25 09:30:46 UTC
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Are https://packages.debian.org/sid/libfprint0 and
https://packages.debian.org/unstable/libpam-fprintd not suitable?

Regards,

Adam
#923221#15
Date:
2019-02-25 09:41:23 UTC
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Poorly libpam-fprintd is not suitable as libfprint0 seems to support
ZhianTec fingerprint sensors. libpam-fingerprint is especially for those
sensors. I see it would be more precise to use "Pluggable Authentication
Module for ZhianTec fingerprint sensors" as description and name the
package "libpam-fingerprint-zfm".

Regards,
Philipp

Am 25.02.19 um 10:30 schrieb Adam D. Barratt:
#923221#22
Date:
2019-02-26 01:35:14 UTC
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Is it feasible to merge the two projects upstream? It seems like
having two different fingerprint sensor stacks and have the user
manually decide which one they want and then install it is a bit of a
suboptimal experience. It would be nicer if there were one stack that
supported all the fingerprint sensors available on the market.
#923221#27
Date:
2019-02-26 11:13:11 UTC
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This won't be an easy task (rather impossible) since libfprint is
written in C and libpam-fingerprint is written in Python.

Regards,
Philipp

Am 26.02.19 um 02:35 schrieb Paul Wise: