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I own a mid-2009 MBP with OS X Mavericks installed. I'm a hi-tech enthusiast who wants to use the fingerprint scanning feature made available by many scanners on the market to login into my account after boot and unlock the screen after the screensaver has started.

  • Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode to manage these settings. Turn Touch ID on or off for Passcode, iTunes & App Store, or Apple Pay. Enroll up to five fingerprints. Each new print might make fingerprint recognition take slightly longer.
  • Connecting to a Remote Host using SSH in Mac OS X Guide. SSH can be used to connect to a remote host computer using an account name and password. The advantages of SSH over telnet are. You can use a publicly published 'fingerprint' for a host's 'key' to verify the host's identity.
  • If you log into an app using just your fingerprint, it means the device is either storing your password, or it's storing something that can be used to log into the site/app/whatever, which makes it nearly as good as a password.
  • My iPad won't accept my fingerprint or password and after several attempts is disabled, I need some help to get - Answered by a verified Mac Support Specialist. I looked up photosmith onlline and went to a sight that took me directly to the Apple Store with the software is available to purchase.

Using Touch ID on your iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro is an easy way to use your fingerprint instead of a password for many common operations. With just a touch of your finger, the sensor quickly reads your fingerprint and automatically unlocks your device.

The scanner I'm willing to buy is a DigitalPersona U.are.U-5160 which is not only FIPS 201 PIV certified, but it's also designed to work in harsh environments and situations. See: http://www.fulcrumbiometrics.com/Digital-Persona-U-are-U-5160-p/101106.htm

Please note that I've already read this article on StackExchange (How can I enable fingerprint authentication on a Mac? What compatible scanners are available?) which talks about the same, but I've found nothing interesting in it.

In particularly, supposed that I've gotten all the Smart Card Services/CAC Libraries:

  1. How do I switch from password login to fingerprint login?
  2. Can I use fingerprint login with FileVault 2 too? (i.e. decrypting the HD using my fingerprint, with no passwords to type)

I think these features require dedicated API's or SDK's, and Apple stopped deploying them since it bought AuthenTec. Now, all fingerprint-scanning feature are officially unsupported by Apple except for the iPhone 5S.

I've read somewhere that LastPass does a very similar job indeed, and is used for the purposes I've listed.

How can I achieve this?

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I think this Mac OS Forge project might be your best bet – SmartCard Services.

My research leads me to believe Apple stopped putting 'official' efforts (documentation, etc.) after OS X 10.6.

Seb NashSeb Nash

I don't think you can do what you're trying to do. Firstly, the Digital Persona fingerprint scanner you mentioned is compatible only with Windows, Linux and Android - not Mac OS X. And secondly, it is important to remember that when you boot up with a Filevault 2 encrypted laptop, the OS is not loaded. You have to provide your credentials - which causes FV2 to load the encryption key so the drive is readable. Then the OS loads and logs you in.

So any biometric authentication scheme that is Filevault 2 compatible would have to have software stored in EFI (BIOS) or one non-encrypted hidden partition - and I think that would require Apple to come up with a solution for that.

Bob ReedBob Reed

After Yosemite, I don't think this will be possible with FireVault2. It could potentially work as a secondary verification but not on startup. As I understand, kexts loading is a prerequisite to non-native peripheral drivers loading.

Seems firmware passwords and FV2 would need to be disabled at least, and since Yosemite requires kext-signing as default unless it's disabled by eg. Trim Enabler. This has other issues associated. If you took this course (assuming it's possible with peripheral compatibility), it'd likely only work if login was disabled or as secondary verification.

thepenthepen

To achieve something like this would take a lot of research but i am sure you can, you can install third party software that performs this and have the fingerprint reader as a second method of logging into the computer. I just googled it and there are fingerprint readers that work with mac the only trouble i think you may have is finding a third party software to run the scanner.

hope this helps.

user3725924user3725924

I expect that any mac compatible fingerprint scanner will come with the necessary software and it should install automatically when you plug in the device or pop up and say you need to install the associated software. This would enable login by fingerprint and keychain unlocking by fingerprint and disk decryption by fingerprint as it replaces your password for these situations.To make sure your chosen device supports Mac OSX I would suggest you call them up or email them and ask about their Mac support and what software is included with the device.

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DanielDaniel

If you have an iPhone 5S that is jailbroken (or an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus that you intend to jailbreak) then UnlockID is an option. UnlockID uses Bluetooth to connect to your Mac, and then allows your Mac to access the fingerprint scanner on your iPhone. Have a look at this Cydia link - http://cydia.saurik.com/package/com.barn.unlockid/

user90118

Now with OSX 10.13.3 High sierra, on a new macbook pro, I was prompted to set up fingerprint access. The help docs say:

If your Mac has a Touch Bar, use Touch ID preferences to enable your Mac to be unlocked with your fingerprint, add one or more fingerprints to your user account, and enable Touch ID to be used to make purchases with Apple Pay and from the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store. To open this pane, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Touch ID.

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To temporarily disable it, one just clicks in the area where the password prompt would be, and it becomes visible.

AnneTheAgileAnneTheAgile

Since Apple opened up its Local Authentication Framework (using Touch/Face ID) on iOS devices it is now possible to obtain an app for a [non-jailbroken] iPhone/iPad that can be used to unlock your Mac using a fingerprint/face (or a knock). e.g. Unlox/MacID, Knock, Fingerkey.

PierzPierz

I use a very useful tool, DriodID [http://suyashsrijan.com/droidid/][1] to unlock my Macbook Pro 2017 using my android.

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I have an ssh key in my gnome keyring, protected by a password.
I have the 'Unlock password' for that key saved in my login keyring.

If I unlock my login keyring, I can ssh without password entry.
If my keyring is locked, the first time I ssh, it will prompt me for the ssh key password, then keeps it for the rest of the session.

However what I am trying to achieve, and what I perceive as the purpose of the login keyring, when I login using my fingerprint (which automatically enters my password, also note that my keyring password is the same as the login password), is that I should be able to use my ssh key (for sshfs) without having to type any password since it is held in my login keyring.

Is the keyring only unlocked for the execution of one particular start-up script - which I have not been able to identify (.profile is not it, I tried, it prompts for passwords when I try to ssh or mount sshfs)?

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So my question is how I may be able to gain access to ssh/sshfs by using the stored password in my login keyring (at login).

Or in other words: is it possible to set up gnome keyring for passwordless ssh/sshfs, using the keyring to unlock the ssh key with the stored passphrase?

I have checked this, but it does not answer my request 'How to save an SSH key passphrase in gnome-keyring?'

Note: I am on Ubuntu 10.04 (I know I should upgrade, that's scheduled for later)

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EDIT: I routinely login with my fingerprint, I tried a password login instead, as a result the login keyring unlocks and therefore ssh/sshfs work without me entering any password beyond the login.So now the question is how to unlock the keyring with fingerprint authentication.

ANSWER: https://askubuntu.com/questions/39217/unlock-keyring-with-fingerprint-reader-on-login/238055#238055In short, no the keyring cannot be unlocked with fingerprint authentication.If I want it unlocked, I need to use my login password.

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how I may be able to gain access to ssh/sshfs by using the stored password in my login keyring (at login).

No, you can't. SSH communicates with the gnome-keyring using ssh-agent protocol and it supports only private key operations, not passing passwords.

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ANSWER: https://askubuntu.com/questions/39217/unlock-keyring-with-fingerprint-reader-on-login/238055#238055 In short, no the keyring cannot be unlocked with fingerprint authentication. If I want it unlocked, I need to use my login password.

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