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Asked: 2020-04-26 19:29:57 +0800 CST

Fingerprint login in 20.04

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I saw an OMG Ubuntu article about Ubuntu offering fingerprint support. But I do not see any such option in 20.04.

Is it really possible to login using fingerprint scan in 20.04? If yes, how?

login fingerprint-reader

2 Answers

  1. What you need to do is to enable PAM Fingerprint authentication method.

    1. Issue sudo pam-auth-update
    2. Select Fingerprint authentication
    3. Press Spacebar
    4. Hit Enter
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  2. I partially solved it by upgrading firmware using

    fwupdmgr upgrade

    Now I get the option of login using fingerprint in settings->users. And I can get my fingerprints scanned there.

    But I still can't really login with it. Nothing happens when I scan my fingers when the computer is locked.

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