Bug 477758 - Allow using a PIN to unlock
Summary: Allow using a PIN to unlock
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 411698
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Screen locking (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.2.4
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2023-11-30 09:53 UTC by Miguel Rozsas
Modified: 2025-06-16 19:37 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Miguel Rozsas 2023-11-30 09:53:12 UTC
I just setup my system, after a little struggle, to accept a PIN to unlock a session already open using the regular password.
I wish you could embrace the PIN to unlock the kde session, fully !
I mean, make easy to the user to choose to use a PIN by giving the proper GUI option in kde config panel and make the screenlocker to display the proper prompt at unlock screen, and accept the PIN without a ENTER key at end. A button to switch to  use the full password (one time action) to unlock the screen would be nice too.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-11-30 20:48:07 UTC
How did you set it up this way?
Comment 2 Miguel Rozsas 2023-11-30 21:04:49 UTC
Not exactly that way.
The way I described it is an improvement .
For instance, the unlock screen shows no indication it is expecting a PIN. Also, I have to press ENTER after the PIN. 
I've followed this [blog](https://blog.fancypi.cn/blog/pin_login_in_kde.html) and manually install the package libpam-pwdfile and manually edited the file /usr/lib/pam.d/kde.
Comment 3 Nick Vandenberghe 2024-10-15 08:19:58 UTC
(In reply to Miguel Rozsas from comment #2)
> Not exactly that way.
> The way I described it is an improvement .
> For instance, the unlock screen shows no indication it is expecting a PIN.
> Also, I have to press ENTER after the PIN. 
> I've followed this
> [blog](https://blog.fancypi.cn/blog/pin_login_in_kde.html) and manually
> install the package libpam-pwdfile and manually edited the file
> /usr/lib/pam.d/kde.

May i ask how you did manually install the package ? 
I'm new to linux, and couldn't find the package using dnf
Comment 4 John Kizer 2025-06-16 19:37:21 UTC
Merging together requests here since they're functionally for the same feature. Thanks!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 411698 ***