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Description of problem: If stoped or restarted pcscd or corresponding init-script fails to remove pcscd.comm and pcscd.pub. Therefore pcscd remains in stopped state and can not be restarted before these two files are deleted manually Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum list pcsc-lite pcsc-lite.x86_64 1.5.2-13.el6_4 pcsc-lite.x86_64 1.5.2-14.el6 How reproducible: do a /etc/init.d/pcscd restart or /etc/init.d/pcscd stop Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/pcscd stop 2. /etc/init.d/pcscd start (fails!) 3. rm /var/run/pcscd.comm /var/run/pcscd.pub -f 4. /etc/init.d/pcscd start (succeeds) OR 1. /etc/init.d/pcscd restart (fails!) 3. rm /var/run/pcscd.comm /var/run/pcscd.pub -f 4. /etc/init.d/pcscd start (succeeds) Actual results: pcscd is not restarted. Expected results: pcscd is restarted. Additional info: Problem does surface if pcsc-lite-openct is installed with pcsc-lite and removed afterwards. At least Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 6.6 with corresponding pcsc-lite-packages are affected.
pcsc-lite do not use /var/run/pcscd.pub since version 1.6.0 (May 2010). I guess this bug is already fixed in a "recent" version of pcsc-lite.
that may be, but as it is i am stuck with the version that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 provides.
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Gerrit, pcscd removes those files when it stops on it's own. The only issue is when it crashes, or is killed with kill -KILL I've seen other weirdness when you install pcsc-lite-openct and then uninstall it. That's because pcsc-lite-openct will pull in openct. If you have openct installed and pcsc-lite, but not pcsc-lite-openct pcsc-lite and openct will conflict. yum remove openct should fix your issue. I'll still look into removing those files on stop as a robustness improvement. Asha: here's how you can reliably reproduce the issue: as root: # service pcscd start --> #(make sure pcscd is started) Starting PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): --> or Starting PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [ OK ] # service pcscd status #(get the pid of the pcscd process) pcscd (pid 15349) is running... --> pid number will vary use the number above in the command below # kill -KILL 15349 # service pcscd stop Stopping PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [FAILED] --> failure is expected, the daemon is not running # service pcscd start Starting PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [FAILED] --> this will be [ OK ] after the patch. Note: start will not work until you do a stop if you kill by hand, or pcscd crashes.
[root@dhcp129-124 sctests]# rpm -qi pcsc-lite Name : pcsc-lite Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.5.2 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 15.el6 Build Date: Thu 26 Feb 2015 08:39:13 PM EST Install Date: Fri 10 Apr 2015 12:06:37 PM EDT Build Host: x86-031.build.eng.bos.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: pcsc-lite-1.5.2-15.el6.src.rpm Size : 402732 License: BSD Signature : RSA/8, Wed 04 Mar 2015 07:22:07 AM EST, Key ID 938a80caf21541eb Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ Summary : PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications Verification steps 1. yum install openct 2. # service pcscd status pcscd (pid 15349) is running... # kill -KILL 15349 # service pcscd stop Stopping PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [FAILED] # service pcscd start Starting PC/SC smart card daemon (pcscd): [ OK ]
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1369.html