[ltp] T43 finger print reader problems

[Aaron Mulder]

Another question is, can you hit "enter" at the password prompt and
then just use the fingerprint to authenticate?

Aaron

On 12/6/05, Alastair McKinley <amckinley03@qub.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am having a problem with my fingerprint reader, I was hoping someone
> could help!
>
> I am using FC 4, bioapi-1.2.2, pam_bioapi-0.2.1 and the UPEK driver
> TFMESS_BSP_LIN_1.0beta2.
>
> I followed the instructions here:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader
>
> I had a few problems including the missing symbol rpl_malloc.  I removed
> the term -Dmalloc=3Drpl_malloc from the pam_bioapi makefiles and added
> -lpam to LIBS on advice of someone else.
>
> Now when I type 'su' at the console, nothing special happens and the
> normal password prompt appears.  However, when I hit return, the prompt
> to swipe my fingerprint appears.  But in /var/log/messages, pam_unix has
> already sent this message:
>
> su(pam_unix)[5334]: authentication failure; logname=3D uid=3D500 euid=3D0
> tty=3Dpts/2 ruser=3Dalastair rhost=3D  user=3Droot
>
> So even though my fingerprint is recognised, I cannot use it to
> authenticate.
>
> This is my /etc/pam.d/system-auth file, I havent edited common-auth:
>
> #%PAM-1.0
> # This file is auto-generated.
> # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run.
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so
> auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
> auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
>
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
> account     sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 100
> quiet
> account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so
>
> password    requisite     /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3D3
> password    sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok
> use_authtok md5 shadow
> password    required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so
>
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so
> session     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
>
> # changes for fingerprint reader to work
> auth       sufficient   pam_bioapi.so
> {5550454b-2054-464d-2f45-535320425350} /etc/bioapi/pam/
>
> password   sufficient   pam_bioapi.so
> {5550454b-2054-464d-2f45-535320425350} /etc/bioapi/pam/
>
> auth       required     pam_unix.so nullok_secure
>
>
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Alastair
>
>
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