SmartCard Reader on CURRENT

Stefan Ehmann shoesoft at gmx.net
Thu Nov 17 19:52:44 UTC 2016


On 17.11.2016 10:44, O. Hartmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for a suitable SmartCard read with USB connection for 12-CURRENT (and
> probably 11-STABLE). We have lots of Omnikey 3121 devices at hand, but I wasn't able to
> make this type of SC reader working. it is recognised by the kernel as UGEN device on the
> USB bus.
> 
> I tried to investigate what driver I need to use, but failed. The references I found
> referring to SC card daemones all point to a serial device like /dev/cuaUXX - but as far
> as I know, such a device is present if the UART<->USB has been recognised by the
> appropriate driver.
> 
> So, the question is: do I miss something here (I'm not quite familiar with USB/serial
> devices)?
> 
> If the device Omnikey HID 3121 is properly supported and I'm to dull to figure this out -
> please enlighten me! If there are aafordable alternatives (external or internal for
> add-on in a workstation) I would be glad to get your hint.

On 11.0 the OMNIKEY 3121 works fine:

# pkg install pcsc-lite ccid
# echo 'pcscd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
# service pcscd start

For a simple test you can install security/pcsc-tools and run pcsc_scan
or (g)scriptor.

If you have problems, I suggest starting pcscd manually with
# pcscd -f -d


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