1Fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over
2the D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon
3layer above libfprint, we solve various problems related to multiple
4applications simultaneously competing for fingerprint readers.
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6While it is not very nice to think of a daemon being necessary in
7this scenario, fprintd will be launched by D-Bus through the
8activation mechanism. This means it is launched only when needed,
9and additionally it will shut itself down after a period of inactivity.
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