BIOMETRIC-AUTH-CLIENT(8)
β¨ BIOMETRIC-AUTH-CLIENT β¨
okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about biometric-auth-client β she's the command line client of the biometric identification framework service, section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. π
she's giving β¨biometric gatekeeperβ¨ and honestly? obsessed.
πΈ NAME πΈ
biometric-auth-client β the command line client of the biometric identification framework service. that's the whole name, no cap.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
biometric-auth-client [OPTION] BuiltinCommands...
so it's literally: the client, then optionally a <cyan>OPTION</cyan>, then some BuiltinCommands... (yes plural, she can stack). π«Ά
π DESCRIPTION π
biometric-auth-client is the command line client of the biometric identification framework service. that's it, that's the description, she's mysterious like that π β but keep reading because the builtin commands are where the main character energy lives.
π OPTIONS π
-h,--helpβ displays the help message and then exits. your classic "wait what do i do" button π§
π BuiltinCommands π
these are the builtin commands, the whole squad, in this exact order:
get-driver-listβ Get Driver Listget-device-listβ Get Device Listget-feature-listβ Get Feature Listenrollβ Enroll Featureverifyβ Verify Featurecaptureβ Capture Featuresearchβ Search Featurecleanβ Clean Featurerenameβ Rename Feature
π BuiltinCommands Usage π
okay now the details, this is the part where you take notes π
π« get-driver-list
Usage: biometric-auth-client get-driver-list [-afbsevi]
OPTIONS:
-aβ Show all fields (Highest priority) π like, she wins over everything else-f FEATURE_NAMEβ Show 'Driver Full Name' fields-bβ Show 'Biometric Type' fields-sβ Show 'Storge Type' fields (yes, "Storge", that's literally how it's spelled, we don't fix it, we love her)-eβ Show 'Feature Type' fields-vβ Show 'Verify Type' fields-i INDEXβ Show 'Identify Type' fields-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client get-driver-list"help message and exit
π« get-device-list
Usage: biometric-auth-client get-device-list [-afbsevi]
OPTIONS:
-aβ Show all fields (Highest priority) π-f FEATURE_NAMEβ Show 'Driver Full Name' fields-bβ Show 'Biometric Type' fields-sβ Show 'Storge Type' fields-eβ Show 'Feature Type' fields-vβ Show 'Verify Type' fields-i INDEXβ Show 'Identify Type' fields-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client get-device-list"help message and exit
π« get-feature-list
Usage: biometric-auth-client get-feature-list [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Default is current user)-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client get-feature-list"help message and exit
π« enroll
Usage: biometric-auth-client enroll [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID -n FEATURE_NAME
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Default is current user)-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-f FEATURE_NAMEβ Feature Name-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client enroll"help message and exit
not me noticing the usage line says-n FEATURE_NAMEand the option list says-f FEATURE_NAMEπ i'm just the messenger, i report, i don't judge. she contains multitudes. π
π« verify
Usage: biometric-auth-client verify [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID -i INDEX
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Default is current user)-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-i INDEXβ Feature Index-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client verify"help message and exit
π« capture
Usage: biometric-auth-client capture -d DRIVER_ID
OPTIONS:
-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client capture"help message and exit
π« search
Usage: biometric-auth-client search [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID [-s INDEX_START] [-e INDEX_END]
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Not set to search for all users) π-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-s INDEX_STARTβ Start of Feature Index (default0)-e INDEX_ENDβ End of Feature Index (default-1, means search all)-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client search"help message and exit
π« clean
Usage: biometric-auth-client clean [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID -i INDEX
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Default is current user)-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-i INDEXβ The Feature Index You Want To Delete (-1means delete all) π§Ή-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client clean"help message and exit
bestie, -1 deletes all of them. all of them. no takebacks, no undo button. dramatic but true. π
π« rename
Usage: biometric-auth-client rename [-u USER_NAME] -d DRIVER_ID -i INDEX -n NEW_NAME
OPTIONS:
-u USER_NAMEβ User Name (Default is current user)-d DRIVER_IDβ Driver(or Device) ID-i INDEXβ The Feature Index that needs to be renamed-n NEW_NAMEβ New Feature Name βοΈ-h,--helpβ Display"biometric-auth-client rename"help message and exit
and that's the whole page, babe πΈ you read every single option, every single default, every single typo, and i'm so proud of you. this lives in the System Manager's Manual, section 8, and the page is signed off at the bottom as BIOMETRIC-AUTH-CLIENT(8) β which is literally just her own name again as the footer, no date, no version, nothing, and honestly? iconic, she said "you already know who i am" π β¨ go forth and authenticate responsibly π«Άπ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: biometric-utils 0.9.71-1+b1 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: biometric-utils 0.9.72-1 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: biometric-utils 0.9.70-1 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: biometric-utils 0.9.71-1build2 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: biometric-utils 0.9.72-1
- ubuntu resolute: biometric-utils 0.9.72-1build1 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: biometric-utils 0.9.72-2 Β· LGPL-3.0-or-later
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