bug#64807: 30.0.50; Editing files using sudo with fprintd hangs

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

Hi Theodor,

>>> I'm using Ubuntu on a thinkpad with fingerprint scanner, and have
>>> enabled it to be used when sudo is invoked, setting it in pam.d. Fprintd
>>> is the program (I believe) that checks the fingerprint.
>>>
>>> Is there some way for Emacs to prompt for the fingerprint to be scanned,
>>> and not to freeze up?
>>
>> Tramp has support for 2FA security. Please add the fingerprint prompt to
>> the user option tramp-security-key-confirm-regexp. If there is a second
>> message, telling you that the security key (your finger :-) has been
>> confirmed, add this message to the user option
>> tramp-security-key-confirmed-regexp.
>
> I don't know whether this has worked for you. Could you pls tell?
>
> And in case it works: Which message have you added to
> tramp-security-key-confirm-regexp? Something I could add to Tramp proper?

No further comment, so I'm assuming it works. Closing the bug.

Best regards, Michael.