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how to disable fprintd, the fingerprint daemon

you are here because you want to disable the fprintd ; fingerprint daemon on your machine. short answer is you cant.

long answer is it is isnt a service that you can enable or disable it is called by dbus when there is a need for it. i did discover a method to disable that part of it in this thread but you know what? i like a suggestion in there too

yum -y erase fprintd

and i am a happy camper! :D