bioutil — tool for
viewing/changing biometrics configuration and listing/deleting enrolled
biometric templates
bioutil |
{-r | -w [-f { 0 | 1 }] [-u { 0 | 1 }] [-a { 0 | 1 }] [-o
<seconds>] | [--<X>timeout <seconds>]} | [-c] | [-p] |
[-d <uid>] [-s] |
bioutil provides the possibility of
viewing and changing biometrics configuration, both system-wide and
user-specific. It also allows listing and deleting enrolled biometric
templates.
-r,
--read- Read biometrics configuration.
-w,
--write- Write biometrics configuration.
-s,
--system- Indicates that system-wide configuration is to be read/written
(user-specific configuration is the default) or that a system-wide
list/delete operation is to be performed.
-f,
--function- Enables (1) or disables (0) overall biometrics functionality (system-wide
configuration only).
-u,
--unlock- Enables (1) or disables (0) biometrics for unlock.
-a,
--applepay- Enables (1) or disables (0) biometrics for ApplePay (user-specific
configuration only).
-o,
--timeout- Sets biometric timeout (in seconds, system-wide configuration only).
Deprecated, please use
--btimeout instead.
--btimeout- Sets biometric timeout (in seconds, system-wide configuration only).
--mtimeout- Sets match timeout (in seconds, system-wide configuration only).
--ptimeout- Sets passcode input timeout (in seconds, system-wide configuration
only).
-c,
--count- Provides number of enrolled biometric templates of the current user or of
all users (when run with -s as an administrator)
-p,
--purge- Deletes all enrolled biometric templates of the current user or of all
users (when run with -s as an administrator)
-d,
--delete- Deletes all enrolled biometric templates of the user with given user ID
(must be run as an administrator)
bioutil -r- Reads biometrics configuration for the current user.
bioutil -r
-s- Reads system-wide biometrics configuration.
bioutil -w
-u 1- Enables biometrics for unlock for the current user.
sudo
bioutil -w
-s -u
0- Disables biometrics for unlock for the whole system.
sudo
bioutil -w
-s --btimeout
86400- Sets biometric timeout to 24h.
bioutil -c- Prints the number of enrolled biometric templates of the current
user.
bioutil -p- Deletes all enrolled biometric templates of the current user.
sudo
bioutil -c
-s- Prints numbers of enrolled biometric templates of all enrolled users.
sudo
bioutil -p
-s- Deletes all biometric templates from the system.
sudo
bioutil -s
-d 501- Deletes all biometric templates of user 501.