PCSCD
Section: PC/SC Lite (8)
Updated: January 2007
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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).
- -T, --color
-
force use of colored logs.
- -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
--foreground.
- --info
-
use info log level. This is the default log level.
- -e, --error
-
use error log level.
- -C, --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.
- --force-reader-polling
-
ignore the IFD_GENERATE_HOTPLUG reader capability
- -t, --max-thread
-
maximum number of threads (default 200).
This is the maximum number of clients (SCardEstablishContext) that pcscd
can handle.
- -s, --max-card-handle-per-thread
-
maximum number of card handle per thread (default: 200).
This is the maximum number of card handle (SCardConnect) per client
(SCardEstablishContext).
- -r, --max-card-handle-per-reader
-
maximum number of card handle per reader (default: 200)
This is the maximum number of card handle (SCardConnect) per reader.
- -h, --help
-
Displays information about the pcscd command line
- -v, --version
-
Displays the program version number
- -H, --hotplug
-
Ask pcscd to re-read the
/etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf
file to detect added or removed non-USB readers (serial or PCMCIA).
- -x, --auto-exit
-
pcscd will quit after 60 seconds of inactivity after the release of
the last PC/SC context. This is used when pcscd
os started on demand by systemd.
- -S, --reader-name-no-serial
-
Do not include the USB serial number in the reader name.
- -I, --reader-name-no-interface
-
Do not include the USB interface name in the reader name.
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/lib64/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.
Some drivers are available at https://muscle.apdu.fr/musclecard.com/drivers.html.
USB SMART CARD READER DRIVERS
USB smart card reader drivers are located in
/usr/lib64/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
/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid
: process id of the running pcscd
/usr/lib64/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>