Bug 490332 - Offer password auth in addition to fingerprint auth
Summary: Offer password auth in addition to fingerprint auth
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 475810
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gdm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: jmccann
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-15 12:55 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2015-01-14 23:22 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-03-15 13:42:15 UTC
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Description Michael Monreal 2009-03-15 12:55:24 UTC 
Right now if you enable fingerprint auth you lose the ability to use your password to authenticate. OpenSUSE offers both at the same time ("Swipe finger or type password") which is very nice.

This is more than a matter of taste. Sometimes it's just better to use the password (in GDM for example, because the fp reader can't unlock the gnome-keyring yet) but unlocking the screensaver later would be nice with finger print.
Comment 1 Michael Monreal 2009-03-15 13:42:15 UTC 
Found that this is actually already being worked on... in bug 475810.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 475810 ***
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