Removing a Card Reader

You might need to remove an external card reader from a system, for example, when a user no longer needs to use a smart card, or when you want to move the reader to another system. Before unplugging the reader, you first must logically remove the reader.

How to Remove a Card Reader (Console)

See "How to Start the SmartCard Console (Command Line)" for help on starting the SmartCard Console.

1. Click Card Readers on the Navigation pane.

2. Select the card reader in the Console pane that you want to remove.

3. Select Remove Terminal from the Action menu.

4. Click OK to remove the card reader.

5. Restart ocfserv, if prompted.

How to Remove a Card Reader (Command Line)

1. Become superuser on the system with the card reader to be removed.

2. Remove the card reader.

   # smartcard -c admin -t terminal -r user_friendly_reader_name -x delete

3. (Optional) Unplug the external card reader from the port.

4. Stop ocfserv.

   # pkill ocfserv

   The ocfserv process is restarted the next time you use the SmartCard Console or the smartcard command.