pcscd(8) [debian man page]

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)

SmartCardServices-legacy(7)			       BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual			       SmartCardServices-legacy(7)

NAME

     SmartCardServices-legacy -- overview of legacy SmartCard support

DESCRIPTION

     SmartCardServices-legacy is a set of components which add native support for SmartCards to OS X based on Tokend modules. Since OS X 10.12,
     there is  SmartCard support which is described in SmartCardServices(7)

     Supported SmartCards appear as separate keychains.  A Tokend module for each SmartCard you wish to use must be installed in
     /Library/Security/tokend

USB SMART CARD READER DRIVERS

     OS X has built-in support for USB CCID class-compliant SmartCard readers.	For other readers, install the reader driver in
     /usr/local/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers.  Each driver is a bundle.  The bundle contains an XML file Info.plist which contains the
     device's USB vendor ID and product ID.  For detailed description of the plist format and how to write a reader driver, see
     http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/api/group__IFDHandler.html

SMART CARD APDU LOGGING

     It is possible to turn on logging for SmartCards by setting the global preference:

     sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.smartcard Logging -bool yes

     After a SmartCard reader is connected (or after reboot) all operations including contents of sent and received APDU messages are then logged
     into the system log.  Logging uses the facility com.apple.security.smartcard.log so it is possible to set up filtering of these logs into
     custom targets (see asl.conf(5))

     To avoid security risks that could occur if logging is turned on indefinitely, the logging setting is one-shot - it must be turned on by the
     command above to start logging again with a new reader.  This includes unplugging and replugging the same reader.

DISABLING NEW SMART CARD SUPPORT

     It is possible to turn of the new tokens by setting the global preference:

     sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.smartcard DisabledTokens -array com.apple.CryptoTokenKit.pivtoken

DISABLING SHEET AUTHORIZATION IN PREFERENCES

     When using tokend-based SmartCards, according to your configuration you may not be able to use SmartCards for authorization in System Prefer-
     ences sheets. In such case, you can disable sheets using following command:

     defaults write com.apple.Preferences UseSheets -bool FALSE

     System Preferences will then use the original dialog-based authorization.

ENTITLEMENT

     Sandboxed PCSC clients require 'com.apple.security.smartcard=YES' entitlement. Non-sandboxed PCSC clients do not require such entitlement (in
     order to keep backward compatibility with macOS < 10.10).

SEE ALSO

     SmartCardServices(7), sc_auth(8), defaults(1), asl.conf(5), ssh-keychain(8)

Mac OS X							  August 5, 2014							  Mac OS X