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• Iogear Cac Card Reader

Use of a Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) on a personal computer operating on Windows 7 or later. 1.2 Getting Started. To get started, you will need: a. Windows 7 or later installed on thecomputer. Windows-compatible smart card reader c. Administrative Privileges onWindows 1.3 Operating Systems. So, you are a government employee AND a Linux geek. It is possible to use your smart card to access DOD CAC Card enabled sites. A must do project for the Linux geek in you. I’m doing this with an IOGEAR GSR202 and it will work with a lot of other CAC Card readers as well. Also I’m using Ubuntu 18.04.

We should really be dealing with this through our support email ( support@thursby.com ) or telephone ( 817-478-5070 ).
I'd like to know what type of card reader you're using. Make and Model can be found on the reader. To find the Firmware version, choose Apple Menu > About This Mac > More Info, then click USB, and then click the Smart Card Reader, and the firmware will be listed in the bottom of that screen. It should look like this:

Under 'Annotate' from the top menu has 'signature' with no option of my attacted CAC card. Under Annotate-Form-Signature. Places a signature box on the page but when I save and reopen there is no option to sign with my CAC. I do have a CAC with reader pluged in and a green light on the reader. We've had several comments about the IOGEAR GSR202. One of our customers sent us one of the readers that doesn't work. We spent some time working with it, and this is what we found. For identification purposes, our reader has a Product ID of 0x9540 and a vendor ID of 0x058f.

Iogear Cac Card Reader Not Working

Also, I want to make sure that PKard is starting. Did you do step 3? Did PKard stay running?
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CarlWe've had several comments about the IOGEAR GSR202. One of our customers sent us one of the readers that doesn't work. We spent some time working with it, and this is what we found.
For identification purposes, our reader has a Product ID of 0x9540 and a vendor ID of 0x058f. To see the same information on your reader, open System Profiler ( from the Utilities folder ), select USB, and then select the card reader. You should see something like this:
When I attached this reader to Mac OS X v10.5, v10.6, & v10.7; I could not get it to be recognized by pcscd ( a daemon on Mac OS X that is used to communicate with smart card readers ). On Mac OS X v10.6.8, the following output appears in the system log when the reader is attached:

How To Use Iogear Cac Reader

• pcscd[27]: Non-smartcard device launched pcscd [Vendor: 0X58F, Product: 0X9540]

In an attempt to make this reader work, I did the following:

1. Make a backup of the file the file /usr/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers/ifd-ccid.bundle/Contents/Info.plist.
2. Edit the file above ( I used 'vi' ).
3. At the bottom of the section <key>ifdFriendlyName</key>, add a Friendly Name for the reader:
   
   • <string>Alcor Micro, Corp. 0x9540</string>
4. At the bottom of the section <key>ifdProductID</key>, add a Product ID for the reader:
   
   • <string>0x9540</string>
5. At the bottom of the section <key>ifdVendorID</key>, add a Vendor ID for the reader.
   
   • <string>0x058F</string>
6. Save the file and get pcscd to refresh ( sudo killall pcscd, unplug the reader, and then connect it again ).

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Now, the reader works! This solution ( at least for me ) has the side effect of the following line a few times every second:

• Dec 14 15:44:04 carl com.apple.securityd[23]: /SourceCache/SmartcardCCID/SmartcardCCID-35253/ccid/ccid/src/commands.c:945:CmdGetSlotStatus Card absent or mute

That's not a good solution, but at least it works ( if that's the only option you have ).
If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.
Carl