pam_bioapi adds support for biometrics to Linux-PAM via the BioAPI consortium's 1.10 API. pam_bioapi currently only works for local user authentication (the type that can be performed by login, gdm/kdm/xdm, xscreensaver, su, and sudo).

The BioAPI Specification is intended to provide a high-level generic biometric authentication model, one suited for any form of biometric technology. It covers the basic functions of Enrollment, Verification, and Identification, and includes a database interface to allow a biometric service provider...

Includes a BiometricLoginModule for use in the [http://java.sun.com/products/jaas/ Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)]