feat(fingerprint): password OR fingerprint in parallel at one prompt
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Bernardo promoted the PROPOSED item live: with fingerprint PAM on,
sudo/login should accept whichever factor comes first instead of
pam_fprintd's wait-for-the-reader-then-password. Stock PAM cannot
express parallel factors (linux-pam#301), so this packages
pam-fprint-grosshack v0.3.0 (pkgs/, pinned from GitLab — the
field-standard fprintd fork), source-reviewed before packaging: every
failure path (no reader, no prints, fprintd absent/hung, timeout,
password typed) returns PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL and falls through; a
typed password is only ferried via PAM_AUTHTOK to the stock
`auth sufficient pam_unix.so … try_first_pass` rule — the module never
validates passwords itself, so it cannot lock out password login.

New option nomarchy.hardware.fingerprint.parallel, default TRUE (the
better UX is what opting into fingerprint PAM buys; false = stock
sequential). Wiring swaps the modulePath of stock fprintd's rule slot
(mkForce) so the sufficient-before-pam_unix ordering is inherited, not
recomputed. README + downstream template rows added.

Verified: V2 — checks.hardware-toggles extended to three nodes, green:
parallel node asserts the grosshack auth line precedes pam_unix in
/etc/pam.d/sudo and that with NO reader a correct password still
passes sudo while a wrong one fails (the lockout-safety invariant);
seqpam node gets stock pam_fprintd and no grosshack; nopam gets
neither. flake check + option-docs + template-sot green.
V3 pending (HARDWARE-QUEUE, AMD dev box): the real type-or-touch race,
fprintd-stopped fallback, hyprlock/greeter after a fingerprint win.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -134,18 +134,11 @@ high-ROI, etc.) live in the journal + ROADMAP — not here.*
fixture. Control-center / MOTD already mention these; the gap is the
silent first *graphical* session for people who never open those.
- **Fingerprint *or* password, in parallel** (2026-07-11, Bernardo) —
`fingerprint.pam` gives pam_fprintd's sequential UX: sudo waits on
the reader, password only after failure/timeout. Bernardo wants
either factor accepted at the same prompt (type the password *or*
touch the sensor, whichever comes first). Stock PAM can't express
this; needs a parallel-conversation module (e.g. `pam-any`, not in
nixpkgs — would be a new package + `fingerprint.pam = "any"` mode).
Cost: medium (package + PAM wiring + careful lockout testing on real
hardware). Security note: keep sudo fallback sane if fprintd hangs.
_(#80#83 + #85#88 shipped 2026-07-11. Theme A day-2 + neon-glass finish
shipped — VISION ✓. Dock/hibernate V3 → HARDWARE-QUEUE.)_
shipped — VISION ✓. Dock/hibernate V3 → HARDWARE-QUEUE. Parallel
fingerprint-or-password shipped 2026-07-12 (Bernardo promoted it live;
`fingerprint.parallel`, pam-fprint-grosshack) — reader V3 →
HARDWARE-QUEUE.)_
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