Thinkfinger is a driver for the upek/stmicroelectronics fingerprint reader. the device is usually found either as a standalone usb device, built into usb keyboards or built into laptops (usually from dell, ibm/lenovo and toshiba).

pam_thinkfinger is a pluggable authentication module that allows the user authenticates through his fingerprint.

the recommended package thinkfinger-tools can be used to acquire, verify and automatically store user fingerprints.

homepage: http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net