suse man page for pcscd

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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)
Related Man Pages
pcsc-spy(1) - debian
reader.conf(5) - debian
scdaemon(1) - suse
reader.conf(5) - suse
chipcard::pcsc(3pm) - debian
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