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Biometric Hardware and Software for Mac OS X?

Posted by Cliff on from the validation-by-body dept.

yummyporkproducts asks: "After spotting this story on MacSlash, I was wondering if anyone had actually written or ported any software for Mac OS X that allows the use of off-the shelf biometric hardware, like this pc card."

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  1. It's just PAM by mac-diddy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OS X has support for PAM built in, so if you have hardware that runs on OS X and a PAM module to access it, it will "work" on OS X. The problem is, Apple's LoginWindow use of PAM is broken in 10.2.2 (I've not had a chance to try it on 10.2.3) Without a LoginWindow that is PAM aware, there is really no point of using an authentication method beyond what Apple provides.