mishakmak 45b42524fb Merge branch 'grosshack' into 'grosshack'
Re-enable terminal echo after fingerprint auth

Closes #1

See merge request mishakmak/pam-fprint-grosshack!1
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This is a fork of the pam module which implements the simultaneous
password and fingerprint behaviour present in pam_thinkfinger. It
was called a 'gross hack' by the fprintd developers in their README
for the PAM module, but it works, and I am not beneath using it.

Compilation uses meson/ninja. Configure with "meson-build . build"
and run "meson compile -C build" to compile. To install, move the
generated pam_fprintd_grosshack.so to the correct directory on the
system. Alternatively, Arch users can install pam-fprint-grosshack
from the AUR.

To use this module, add the following lines to the appropriate files
in /etc/pam.d/ (i.e. /etc/pam.d/system-auth for any use):

auth    sufficient    pam_fprintd_grosshack.so
auth    sufficient    pam_unix.so try_first_pass nullok

Warning! The original developers called this implementation a gross
hack for a reason. This code may have major security flaws or other
unforeseen bugs, so use with caution. And, of course, the standard
legalese applies: No warranty, provided as-is, whatever you do or
whatever happens to you is not my fault, etc.

-- Misha

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Original README
-----------------------------------------------------------

fprintd
=======

https://fprint.freedesktop.org/

Daemon to offer libfprint functionality over D-Bus
Might eat your kangaroo.

Written in C.

Licensed under the GPL version 2 or any later version (see COPYING).

A PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory.

Translating
===========

fprintd and pam_fprintd are translated using weblate. Please visit
https://translate.fedoraproject.org/projects/fprintd/ to contribute
translations.

API use cases
=============

- User wants to use the fingerprint reader, and enroll
  his fingerprints, or remove some fingerprints from the database

- Administrator wants to enroll fingerprints for a particular user,
  or remove fingerprints for a particular user

- Laptop/desktop authentication:
  * Check for fingerprint devices
  * Check whether a particular user has any fingerprints enrolled
  * Verify a fingerprint for a particular user, or, if the device
  supports it, verify that the fingerprint matches against
  any of the fingerprints enrolled

- Point Of Sale authentication (in a bar, the fingerprint reader is
  used to see who accesses a particular point of sale/till, in place
  of PIN code authentication and/or tokens)
  * Given a list of users, verify which one has scanned their finger

Debugging
=========

To enable debug output run `systemctl edit fprintd.service` then enter:
```
[Service]
Environment=G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
```
Save the result and restart fprintd using `systemctl restart fprintd.service`.

After that, you can grab the logs using `journalctl -u fprintd.service`.
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