PCSCTOOL(8) User Manual PCSCTOOL(8)NAME
pcsctool
SYNOPSIS
pcsctool
DESCRPTION
pcsctool introduces new smart cards to pcsc-lite and assigns a plugin to service the card.
OPTIONS
None
USAGE
pcsctool lists the currently installed bundles and asks you to select one. You select the plugin bundle that services your smartcard.
pcsctool will then ask you to insert the new card. The application exits and pcsc is now configured to use your card.
Example:
[root@osx]# pcsctool
Select the approprate token driver:
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1. mscMuscleCard.bundle
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Enter the number: 1
Insert your token in: My Friendly Reader 0 0
Token support updated successfully !
[root@osx]#
SEE ALSO pcscd(8)BUGS
Plugins MUST reside in /usr/libexec/SmartCardServices/services
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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.
-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 file to detect added or removed non-
USB readers (serial or PCMCIA).
DESCRIPTION
pcscd is the daemon program for pcsc-lite and the MuscleCard framework. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart
card readers and smart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.
pcscd is normally started at boot time from /etc/init.d/pcscd. It allows applications to access smart cards and readers without knowing
details of the card or reader.
pcscd coordinates the loading of drivers for card readers.
The purpose of pcsc-lite is to provide a cross compatible API (called winscard) for migrating Windows based PC/SC applications to Unix.
At startup, pcscd loads the smart card reader drivers specified in the /etc/reader.conf file (or specified using --config file).
SERIAL SMART CARD READER DRIVERS
Smart card reader drivers are placed in the /usr/lib64/readers directory. Each driver is simply an .so file. pcscd locates the driver
using the /etc/reader.conf file. See the reader.conf(5) manual page for more information. Drivers are available at http://www.muscle-
card.com/drivers.html.
USB SMART CARD READER DRIVERS
USB smart card reader drivers are located in /usr/lib64/readers directory as a bundle. You shall not add a USB driver in /etc/reader.conf
file.
FILES
/etc/reader.conf : Reader configuration file
/etc/init.d/pcscd : pcscd startup script
/var/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid : process id of the running pcscd
/usr/lib64/readers : 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)