Help with Smart Card Manager
Bob Marcan
bob.marcan at interstudio.homeunix.net
Tue Mar 20 19:01:14 UTC 2007
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:31:32 -0700
John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:
> Steve Friedman wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, John Wendel wrote:
> >
> >> Steve Friedman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I look at the menu entry and see that it runs /usr/bin/esc. I strace
> >>>> esc and see that it dies when it can't run "escd" (permission
> >>>> denied). I also see it looking for lots of other files that don't
> >>>> exist.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, at last, my question; does anyone have this stuff working, and
> >>>> if so, how?
> >>>>
> >>> What is the output of:
> >>>
> >>> /sbin/chkconfig --list escd
> >>>
> >>> I don't run that code, but you might also want to do an
> >>> "rpm -qfl /usr/bin/esc" to see what other daemons need to be running.
> >>>
> >>> (Then, as root, do "/sbin/chkconfig escd on" so that the daemons will
> >>> start on the next reboot and "/sbin/service escd start" so they will
> >>> start this time.)
> >>>
> >> Useful, generic advice; but it doesn't' seem to apply in this case,
> >> since escd isn't a daemon that is managed by chkconfig / service. The
> >> are only 2 executables "esc" and "escd" and a script "esc".
> >>
> >> It appears that one just runs "esc" and it should "do the right
> >> thing". The documentation says to run esc at the command prompt or
> >> click "Smart Card Manager" in the system menu.
> >>
> >
> > As I said, I don't run that code; however, I noticed that esc required
> > pcsc-lite, which does have a daemon. Is pcscd up and running?
> >
> > Steve Friedman
> >
>
> Yes, I noticed that myself and installed pcsc-lite and it is running.
> It's strange that I had esc installed without pcsc-lite. Looks like
> something broken in the installer, since I didn't install any of this
> stuff by hand, I'm just using a default FC6 install.
>
> And the initial problem was that esc and escd didn't have execute
> permission. Which is also strange.
>
> I now have pcscd and escd running, but I don't get any action from the
> card reader. I would expect to be prompted for the card's PIN at some
> point, but it isn't happening.
>
> Maybe this reader isn't supported, which would explain why the vendor
> has drivers at their website (that don't work with Fedora).
>
> Thanks for the help. I'll report back if I ever get it working.
>
> John
>
>
mozilla - help - Managing Smart Cards
and Other Security Devices
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