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authorDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2018-05-30 19:44:15 +0200
committerDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2018-06-23 00:14:27 +0200
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services: Add fingerprint identification service.
* gnu/services/authentication.scm: New file. * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add it. * doc/guix.texi (Miscellaneous Services): Document it.
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@node Miscellaneous Services
@subsubsection Miscellaneous Services
+@cindex fingerprint
+@subsubheading Fingerprint Service
+
+The @code{(gnu services fingerprint)} module provides a DBus service to
+read and identify fingerprints via a fingerprint sensor.
+
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} fprintd-service-type
+The service type for @command{fprintd}, which provides the fingerprint
+reading capability.
+
+@example
+(service fprintd-service-type)
+@end example
+@end defvr
+
@cindex sysctl
@subsubheading System Control Service