BIOMETRIC-CONFIG-TOOL(8)
π BIOMETRIC-CONFIG-TOOL π
okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about biometric-config-tool β the System Manager's Manual girlie from the BIOMETRIC-CONFIG-TOOL(8) chapter. she manages and configures biometric authentication services. yes, the biometric authentication services. she's the one holding the whole vibe together, no cap. π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
biometric-config-tool β manage and configure biometric authentication services. that's it, that's the girl. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
biometric-config-tool [OPTION] BuiltinCommands...
π DESCRIPTION π
biometric-config-tool manages and configures biometric authentication services. she's lowkey the main character of your biometric setup and honestly? she ate. π
π₯ OPTIONS π₯
-h,--helpβ displays the help message and dips out. exit stage left, iconic behavior. π
π¦ BuiltinCommands π¦
these are the built-in commands, aka the group chat members. each one does its own little thing and we stan every single one. β¨
π add-driver
adds drivers, bestie. usage:
biometric-config-tool add-driver [OPTION...] DriverName DriverFilePath
OPTIONS:
-f,--forceβ when there's already a driver with the same name, this forces the override. she said move, I'm coming through. π-d,--disableβ only adds the driver and does not enable it. she's added but she's on do-not-disturb mode. π-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool add-driver"help message and exits. π
π remove-driver
removes drivers (the original says "remove drives", which, girl, we know what you meant). usage:
biometric-config-tool remove-driver [OPTION...] Driver1 [Driver2 ...]
OPTIONS:
-i,--ignoreβ ignores nonexistent drivers. if she's not there, we're not making it weird. β¨-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool remove-driver"help message and exits. π
π§ enable-driver
enables drivers, periodt. usage:
biometric-config-tool enable-driver [OPTION...] Driver1 [Driver2 ...]
OPTIONS:
-i,--ignoreβ ignores nonexistent drivers. no driver? no drama. πΈ-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool enable-driver"help message and exits. β
π disable-driver
disables drivers. usage:
biometric-config-tool disable-driver [OPTION...] Driver1 [Driver2 ...]
OPTIONS:
-i,--ignoreβ ignores nonexistent drivers. she's not here, we move on. π¦-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool disable-driver"help message and exits. π
π set-key
sets the key value of the specified driver. usage:
biometric-config-tool set-key [OPTION...] DriverName Key Value
OPTIONS:
-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool set-key"help message and exits. π
π remove-key
removes the key value of the specified driver (lowercase "remove" in the original, we're keeping the energy, not the capitalization, it's giving casual). usage:
biometric-config-tool remove-key [OPTION...] DriverName Key
OPTIONS:
-i,--ignoreβ ignores nonexistent drivers. if the driver ghosted us, we're unbothered. π-h,--helpβ displays the"biometric-config-tool remove-key"help message and exits. β¨
lowkey reminder bestie: that-i,--ignoreflag shows up inremove-driver,enable-driver,disable-driverandremove-keyβ so if you're scripting all four, you already know the vibe. iykyk. π
and that's the whole page, angel! π«Ά this was the BIOMETRIC-CONFIG-TOOL(8) manual page from the System Manager's Manual β same name up top, same name down at the bottom as the footer, and if you peek at the very last line of the original you'll see BIOMETRIC-CONFIG-TOOL(8) sitting there all by itself as the source/version-and-date sign-off. slay, goodbye, go configure something. πβ¨π
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
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms