Starting the Smartcard Console

The Smartcard Console is the graphical user interface (GUI) used to manage the Solaris Smartcard software.

Solaris Smartcard can also be administered from the command line. Both command line and Smartcard Console instructions are included in this document.

To Start the Smartcard Console From the Command Line

Steps

1. Log in as root or su to root.

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   If you log in as a regular user, you can run Smartcard, but you can only perform two tasks: Load Applets and Configure Applets.

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2. Verify that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.

   The following command provides the status of the service.

   # svcs network/rpc/ocfserv

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   Before you make any changes to Smartcard, you must make sure that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.

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3. (Optional) If necessary, enable the ocfserv daemon.

   # svcadm enable network/rpc/ocfserv

4. Start the Smartcard Console:

   # /usr/dt/bin/sdtsmartcardadmin &

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   Note –

   Before you su to root, you might need to disable X server access control, because root is not granted access by default. Disable X server access control by running /usr/openwin/bin/xhost +hostname where hostname is the local host. After starting the Smartcard Console, run xhost -hostname to enable access control again.

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To Start the Smartcard Console From the CDE Desktop

Steps

1. Log in as root to the Common Desktop Environment (CDE).

   If you are currently running CDE under your login name, exit CDE and log in as root.

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   Note –

   If you log in as a regular user, you can run Smartcard, but you can only perform two tasks: Load Applets and Configure Applets.

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2. Verify that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.

   The following command provides the status of the service.

   # svcs network/rpc/ocfserv

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   Note –

   Before you make any changes to Smartcard, you must make sure that the ocfserv daemon is enabled.

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3. (Optional) If necessary, enable the ocfserv daemon.

   # svcadm enable network/rpc/ocfserv

4. On the CDE control panel, click the up arrow on the Applications subpanel.

   By default, the Text Note icon, a pinned note with a pencil above the note, represents the Application's subpanel.

5. Select Applications to display the Application Manager.

6. Double-click the System_Admin icon in Application Manager.

7. Double-click the Smart Card icon to start the Smartcard Console.

   You might have to scroll down to find the Smart Card icon.

See Also

You can also start the Smartcard Console from the desktop Workspace menu. sdtsmartcardadmin should be found at the top level or in the Tools submenu.