Ubuntu Face Authentication / Face Recognition Login

You've probably seen/heard about the sophistication technology that accessing computers using face authentication? face is scanned through a video camera and if the face was recognizable in the database then you will be able to access computers or go into the room they will be.

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Now with ubuntu technology we can do it, some requirements that must be filled is in your computer must have a video camera / webcam and some library tobe install. How to make automatic login using face authentication, follow step bellow :

Add the PPA repository and Update

• sudo apt-add-repository ppa:antonio.chiurazzi/ppa && sudo apt-get update

 Install the Ubuntu  Face Authentication /  Face Recognition Library

• sudo apt-get install pam-face-authentication

Tweak and Edit The System
Now to add the face authentication module to GDM, Ubuntu's default login-manager:

• sudo sed -i '1i auth sufficient pam_face_authentication.so enableX' /etc/pam.d/gdm 
• sudo sed -i '1i auth sufficient pam_face_authentication.so enableX' /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver

Depending on your webcam model/make you may need to install and add libv4l to preload:

• Create the file /etc/ld.so.preload
• Paste in the path to the v4l1compat.so file commonly found in /usr/lib/libv4l

Open "Face Trainer" (Application > Other), system will scan your face and add to database so that the system recognize your face while logi

Go  to  System > Administration > Users and Groups, change the password to Asked to login

Go to System > Administration > Login Screen, choose "Show the Screen for choosing who will log in", whis action will disable automatic login.
 

Done, you can  logoff  the system and test face authentication login in your ubuntu.

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