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PCSCD(8)			  PC/SC Lite			      PCSCD(8)

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
	      /usr/local/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
	      /usr/local/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. 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 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/local/lib/pcsc/driv‐
       ers/ directory. Each driver is simply an .so file.  pcscd  locates  the
       driver  using  the  /usr/local/etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf file.  See
       the reader.conf(5) manual page for more information.

       Some drivers are available at http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/muscle‐
       card.com/drivers.html.

USB SMART CARD READER DRIVERS
       USB  smart card reader drivers are located in /usr/local/lib/pcsc/driv‐
       ers/ directory as  a  bundle.  You  shall  not  add  a  USB  driver  in
       /usr/local/etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf file.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/reader.conf.d/reader.conf : Reader configuration file

       /var/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid : process id of the running pcscd

       /usr/local/lib/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>

Muscle				 January 2007			      PCSCD(8)

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