PCSCD(8) PC/SC Lite PCSCD(8)NAMEpcscd - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon
SYNOPSISpcscd [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
--foreground.
--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).
DESCRIPTIONpcscd 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 win‐
scard 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. Drivers are available at
http://www.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
/var/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid : process id of the running pcscd
/usr/lib64/pcsc/drivers : directory containing bundles for USB drivers
SEE ALSObundleTool(8), reader.conf(5), syslog(3)AUTHORS
David Corcoran <corcoran@musclecard.com> and Ludovic Rousseau
<ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
Muscle January 2007 PCSCD(8)