HOWDY(1)

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💖 HOWDY(1) 💖

okay so real talk bestie, this is the howdy man page — the User Commands one, filed under HOWDY(1). yes she has her own section number, she's that girl. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

howdy — Windows Hello style authentication for Linux 🪟💖🐧

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: Howdy does IR face recognition, and it implements a PAM module so your actual literal face becomes an authentication method. like, you look at the camera and you're in. main character energy fr fr 👑

🎀 Usage:

howdy [-U USER] [-y] [-h] command [argument]

🦋 Commands:

  • add — adds a brand new face model for a user. new face, who dis 💖
  • clear — removes all the face models for a user. every single one. gone. 😭
  • config — opens the config file in gedit. yes, gedit specifically, that's the vibe ✨
  • disable — disables or enables howdy. (a toggle, she contains multitudes 🫶)
  • list — lists all the saved face models for a user. show me the roster 📋
  • remove — removes one specific model for a user. just the one, bestie 🎯
  • clear — removes all face models for a user. and yes, she's listed twice in the original — not a typo on my part, clear really does show up again here. iconic of her honestly 💀
  • test — tests the camera and the recognition methods. vibe check on the hardware 🔥

⭐ Optional arguments:

  • -U USER, --user USER — sets the user account to use. like, whose face are we talking about 👀
  • -y — skips all the questions. no y/n, no "are you sure", just send it 🚀
  • -h, --help — shows this help message and exits. the classic escape hatch 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Howdy was written by boltgolt. for more info (and honestly go look, bestie) visit https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy 🌈

heads up: the usage line, the command names, the flags and the author URL above are all exactly as written — copy them character for character if you're typing them out. i want you to slay, not to typo. 💅

and that's the whole page! 🎀 sign-off time: this lil beauty is from Howdy help, dated April 9, 2018, and you already know she lives at HOWDY(1). mwah 💖✨🦋🌸

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