Script for enabling the fingerprint reader with BioAPI

Using the integrated fingerprint reader under Linux is currently a fairly complicated process. The following script automates the installation of the fingerprint software, for some Linux distributions. It covers most components (bioapi framework, driver, pam_bioapi, PAM setup, USB device permissions pamtester and enrolling), and handles all the downloading, patching and installation.

Usage: just copy into a file and run as root.

After installation, all PAM-enabled system functions will use the fingerprint reader (and if it fails, default to the usual password entry). This includes:

• KDE's KDM login (enter an empty password, then swipe finger)
• KDE's screensaver (enter an empty password, then swipe finger)
• Gnome's GDM login
• su
• sudo

Everything is intalled into /opt/bioapi, so it doesn't pollute your filesystem. The only affects outside /opt/bioapi are one-line changes to the ldconfig configuration, PAM configuration and /etc/rc.local, and a few symlinks in /lib/security.

For details, manual installation and hints for other distributions, see How to enable the fingerprint reader.

Distributions supported by this script

• Fedora 4
• Fedora 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

If you add support for additional distributions, please update this script (using conditionals where necessary) instead of branching it.

The script

#!/bin/bash
# Install UPEK fingerprint reader driver and associated software on Linux systems.
# Source: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Script_for_enabling_the_fingerprint_reader

set -e -E -x -u   # verbose, abort if anything fails

WHERE=/opt/bioapi
PASSWD_ENROLLS=0   # should "passwd" do fingerprint enrollment (always)?

########################################
# Install (patched) bioapi:

mkdir -p $WHERE
wget -N http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/blua/bioapi/bioapi-latest.tar.bz2
wget -N -O bioapi-c++.patch 'http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/SOURCES/bioapi-c++.patch?rev=1.3'
sha1sum --check <<EOF
932425e847449e9612c6894dcbaf44630aecfc13  bioapi-latest.tar.bz2
a838e9ab9bcad9c146856d41135460e7ac29a4ec  bioapi-c++.patch
EOF
tar xjf bioapi-latest.tar.bz2
pushd bioapi-1.2.2
patch -i ../bioapi-c++.patch -p1
./configure --with-Qt-dir=no --prefix=$WHERE
make
make install
install -m644 include/bioapi_util.h $WHERE/include/bioapi_util.h
install -m644 include/installdefs.h $WHERE/include/installdefs.h
install -m644 imports/cdsa/v2_0/inc/cssmtype.h $WHERE/include/cssmtype.h
chmod o-w $WHERE/var/bioapi
popd

########################################
# Tell ldconfig about bioapi libraries:

[ -d /etc/ld.so.conf.d ] || { echo "Unsupported distribution: no /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory."; exit 1; }
echo $WHERE/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/bioapi.conf
ldconfig
ldconfig -p | grep -q bioapi || { echo "ldconfig doesn't see bioapi"; exit 1; }

########################################
# Install UPEK driver:

wget -N http://www.upek.com/support/download/TFMESS_BSP_LIN_1.0.zip
sha1sum --check <<EOF
c73466b5c3b26415b300d5c5ffb76deaefadeb32  TFMESS_BSP_LIN_1.0.zip
EOF
mkdir -p driver
pushd driver
unzip ../TFMESS_BSP_LIN_1.0.zip
PATH="$PATH:$WHERE/bin" sh install.sh $WHERE/lib/
cd NonGUI_Sample
perl -i -pe 'print "#include <stdlib.h>\n//DISABLED: " if m!^#include "port/bioapi_port.h"$!'  main.c
gcc -o Sample main.c -I$WHERE/include -L$WHERE/lib -lbioapi100 -DUNIX -DLITTLE_ENDIAN
install Sample -m755 $WHERE/bin/upek-NonGUI_Sample
popd

SERIAL=`$WHERE/bin/BioAPITest | sed -ne "/Fingerprint/{n;n;s/^.*: \(.\{9\}\)\(.\{4\}\)\(.\{4\}\)\(.\{4\}\)\(.*\)/\1-\2-\3-\4-\5/gp}"`

########################################
# Install (patched) pam_bioapi:

wget -N http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/blua/pam_bioapi/pam_bioapi-latest.tar.bz2 
wget -N http://badcode.de/downloads/fingerprint.patch 
sha1sum --check <<EOF
a0bdf3436e55f7dc8b4795243f08a4c9b399dec8  pam_bioapi-latest.tar.bz2
619254a5bcd3acb8bf1d72b15ea69bfe00f0f064  fingerprint.patch
EOF
tar xjvf pam_bioapi-latest.tar.bz2 
pushd pam_bioapi-0.2.1 
patch -p0 < ../fingerprint.patch 
CPPFLAGS="-I$WHERE/include" LDFLAGS="-L$WHERE/lib" ./configure --prefix=$WHERE
make 
make install 
ln -vfs $WHERE/lib/security/pam_bioapi.so* /lib/security/
popd

########################################
# Install pamtester:

wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pamtester/pamtester-0.1.2.tar.gz
sha1sum --check <<EOF
33bcc610d7f208b50a0a23c144bdbd1e2cae4ac6  pamtester-0.1.2.tar.gz
EOF
tar xzvf pamtester-0.1.2.tar.gz
pushd pamtester-0.1.2
./configure --prefix=$WHERE
make
make install
popd

########################################
# Configure pam to use pam_bioapi:

grep -Eq 'Fedora Core release [45]|Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4' \
  /etc/redhat-release || { echo \
  "I don't know how to configure PAM on this distribution.
   See: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader#Configuring_pam";
   exit 1; }

PAMFILE=/etc/pam.d/system-auth
if ! grep -q 'pam_bioapi\.so' $PAMFILE; then
  perl -i -pe '
    if (!$a && m/^auth.*pam_unix\.so/) {$a=1; print 
      "auth        sufficient    pam_bioapi.so '$SERIAL' /etc/bioapi/pam/\n"}
    ' $PAMFILE
  if [ $PASSWD_ENROLLS == 1 ]; then
    perl -i -pe '
      if (!$p && m/^password/) {$p=1; print
        "password    required      pam_bioapi.so '$SERIAL' /etc/bioapi/pam/\n"}
      ' $PAMFILE
  fi
fi

########################################
# USB permissions (set now and add to startup):

RC_FILE=/etc/rc.local
SET_PERMS=$WHERE/bin/set_fingerprint_perms

cat > $SET_PERMS <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
# Make fingerprint reader USB device world-writable:
chmod -R a+X /proc/bus/usb
chmod 666 /proc/bus/usb/`/sbin/lsusb | sed -ne "/0483:2016/s/Bus\ \(.*\)\ Device\ \(.*\):\ .*/\1\/\2/p"`
EOF
chmod 755 $SET_PERMS

$SET_PERMS

[ -e $RC_FILE ] || { echo "No $RC_FILE, can't handle this distribution."; exit 1; }
if ! grep -q 0483:2016 $SET_PERMS; then
  echo $SET_PERMS >> $RC_FILE
fi

########################################
# Enroll:

mkdir -p /etc/bioapi/pam/$SERIAL
pushd /etc/bioapi/pam/$SERIAL
read -p "Now enroll all relevant Unix accounts (press Enter to start)."
$WHERE/bin/upek-NonGUI_Sample
popd

########################################
# Done:

set +x
cat<<EOF

Success.
* To test the fingerprint-enabled PAM login, run this as root:
  $WHERE/bin/pamtester -v login USERNAME authenticate
* Add the following command to your resume-from-suspend script:
  $WHERE/bin/set_fingerprint_perms

EOF

Ideas for improvement

• Support more distributions
• Minimize changes to /etc/pam.d/system-auth by creating a separate file (e.g., /etc/pam.d/bioapi-auth) and @include-ing it.
• Do something about /etc/pam.d/sshd - it invokes /etc/pam.d/system-auth by stacking, so remote SSH logins now invoke the fingerprint reader... See related discussion in How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader.
• Install and configure a patched xscreensaver (as explained in How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader).
• Add "OnResume 10 /opt/bioapi/bin/set_fingerprint_perms" to suspend2's /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf?