# Fingerprint authentication

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-authentication/4208>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 26, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-authentication/4208 "2012-03-26T13:44:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Greg.Buehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-authentication/4208/1 "2012-03-26T13:44:05Z")

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Ok, we’re getting a request to do fingerprint authentication for login and setpoint changes. Has anybody ever done anything with custom authentication yet?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-authentication/4208/2 "2012-03-26T15:14:03Z")

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We have a customer who uses an ActiveX control for finger scanning and has made his own login screen. He uses the switch user function. The ActiveX control was provided by the company that made the scanner.

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**Author:** ![Greg.Buehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Greg.Buehler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Greg.Buehler)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/fingerprint-authentication/4208/3 "2012-03-26T16:11:22Z")

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Any information about who the hardware vendor is for the scanner, and which ActiveX controls got used?