reader.conf(5)


NAME

   reader.conf - configuration file for pcscd readers' drivers

DESCRIPTION

   The    /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf   file   contains   configuration
   information for serial and (some) PCMCIA smart card readers.

   USB readers SHALL NOT  be  configured  using  this  file.   pcscd  uses
   another mechanism to automatically load USB drivers.

SYNTAX

   The  /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf is a regular text file. Each reader
   must be defined by four fields:

    FRIENDLYNAME     TEXT_STRING
    DEVICENAME       FILENAME
    LIBPATH          FILENAME
    CHANNELID        NUMBER

   The "FRIENDLYNAME" field is an arbitrary  text  used  to  identify  the
   reader.  This  text  is  displayed  by  commands like pcsc_scan(1) that
   prints the names of all the connected and detected readers.

   The "DEVICENAME" field was not used for  old  drivers  (using  the  IFD
   handler  version  2.0  or earlier). It is now (IFD handler version 3.0)
   used to identify the physical port on which the  reader  is  connected.
   This is the device name of this port. It is dependent of the OS kernel.
   The first serial port device  is  called  /dev/ttyS0  under  Linux  and
   /dev/cuaa0 under FreeBSD.

   The "LIBPATH" field is the filename of the driver code. The driver is a
   dynamically loaded piece of code (generally a drivername.so*file).

   The "CHANNELID" is no more used for recent drivers  (IFD  handler  3.0)
   and has been superseded by "DEVICENAME". If you have an old driver this
   field is used to indicate the port to use. You should read your  driver
   documentation to know what information is needed here. It should be the
   serial port number for a serial reader.

EXAMPLE

    # Gemplus GemPCTwin reader with serial communication
    # connected to the first serial port
    FRIENDLYNAME      "GemPCTwin serial"
    DEVICENAME        /dev/ttyS0
    LIBPATH           /usr/lib/pcsc/drivers/serial/libccidtwin.so.0.4.1
    CHANNELID         1

DEBUGGING

   In order to set up your /etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf  file  correctly
   you  may  want  to  have debug messages from pcscd.  I recommend you to
   start pscsd in the foreground and debug mode using:
    # pcscd --foreground --debug

   If everything seems OK you can use the pcsc_scan command to  print  the
   list of correctly detected readers and try to get the ATR of your smart
   cards.

AUTHOR

   Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>

SEE ALSO

   pcscd(8), pcsc_scan(1)





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