Hi, On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:47:33 +0200 Martin Paljak <mar...@martinpaljak.net> wrote: > Package: fprintd > Version: 1.90.9-1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > After upgrading from version 0.8, flushing print database as requested by > NEWS, > I can not enroll fresh prints, due to missing permissions
This is an expected behavior if you don't have permissions. > $ fprintd-enroll > Using device /net/reactivated/Fprint/Device/0 > Enrolling right-index-finger finger. > EnrollStart failed: > GDBus.Error:net.reactivated.Fprint.Error.PermissionDenied: Not Authorized: > net.reactivated.fprint.device.enroll > Enrolling works for root (but I don't use fingerprints with root) If you don't have the polkit daemon running, you can still use root passing the user you want enroll for to fprintd-enroll as argument # fprintd-enroll user Should work. As per the polkit detection it's under the fprintd scope, sorry. it's expected to be around in any UI-based setup. > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bullseye/sid > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 5.10.16 (SMP w/32 CPU threads) > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: > LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages fprintd depends on: > ii dbus 1.12.20-1 > ii libc6 2.31-9 > ii libfprint-2-2 1:1.90.7-2 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.66.6-2 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-30 > ii policykit-1 0.105-30 > > fprintd recommends no packages. > > fprintd suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > >
