PCSCD(8)							    PC/SC Lite								  PCSCD(8)

NAME

       pcscd - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon

SYNOPSIS

       pcscd [options]

OPTIONS

       -a, --apdu
	      log APDUs and SW using the debug method (see --debug).

       -c, --config file
	      Specifies the file file as an alternate location for /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf.

       -f, --foreground
	      Runs pcscd in the foreground and sends log messages to stderr instead of syslog(3).

       -d, --debug
	      use the lowest log level. Any log message of this level or above will be sent to stderr or syslog(3) depending on the use of --fore-
	      ground.

       --info use info log level. This is the default log level.

       --error
	      use error log level.

       --critical
	      use critical log level.

       The log levels are ordered as: debug < info < error < critical. Use a log level l will log this level and all the levels above it.

       -h, --help
	      Displays information about the pcscd command line

       -v, --version
	      Displays the program version number

       -H, --hotplug
	      Ask pcscd to rescan the USB buses for added or removed readers and re-read the /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf file to  detect  added
	      or removed non-USB readers (serial or PCMCIA).

DESCRIPTION

       pcscd is the daemon program for pcsc-lite. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards
       and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.

       It allows applications to access smart cards and readers using the winscard API but without knowing details of the card or reader.

       pcscd coordinates the loading of drivers for card readers.

SERIAL SMART CARD READER DRIVERS

       Smart card reader drivers are placed in the /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers directory. Each driver is simply an .so file.	pcscd locates  the  driver
       using  the  /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf  file.   See	the  reader.conf(5)  manual  page  for more information.  Drivers are available at
       http://www.musclecard.com/drivers.html.

USB SMART CARD READER DRIVERS

       USB smart card reader drivers  are  located  in	/usr/lib/pcsc/drivers  directory  as  a  bundle.  You  shall  not  add	a  USB	driver	in
       /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf file.

FILES

       /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf : Reader configuration file

       /var/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid : process id of the running pcscd

       /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers : directory containing bundles for USB drivers

SEE ALSO

       bundleTool(8), reader.conf(5), syslog(3)

AUTHORS

       David Corcoran <corcoran@musclecard.com> and Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>

Muscle								   January 2007 							  PCSCD(8)