Ubuntu
libfprint package

  1. Bug #776779
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 776779

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Till W. (tillw.) wrote :

Problem also occurs with 12.04. I agree that its quite annoying if you want to use sudo from within a (remote) SSH session.
The only workaround I'm aware of is to wait for the fprint timeout and then enter your password.

user@host:~$ sudo ls
Scan ... finger on UPEK Eikon 2
Fingerprint verification error -22
[sudo] password for user:

Unfortunately, the timeout is quite long (approx. 1 minute) and I couldn't find a way to configure it.