How to Create User Information on a Smart Card (Console)

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

1. Select Configure Applets from the Navigation pane.

   The icon for the type of card in the reader is displayed.

2. Double-click the card icon.

   The Configure Applets: card-name dialog box is displayed.

3. Select the SolarisAuthApplet.

   The SolarisAuthApplet Configuration folders appear on the right side of the dialog box.

4. Select the User Profiles folder.

5. Type dtlogin for User Profile Name.

6. Provide a valid user-name and user-password for the user who will log in with the smart card.

   user-name	Is the user's login name.
   user-password	Is the password associated with user-name. This password must be in the password database defined by a system's /etc/nsswitch.conf file (NIS, NIS+, or local files).

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   Note -

   If the user's password is changed in the passwd file after you have configured the smart card, you must repeat these steps to store the new password in the smart card. It is not updated automatically.

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7. Click Set to set and save these attributes.

8. Enter the PIN in the pop-up window.

9. Click OK.

10. If you are creating the user profile for the first time, click yes in the Set User Profile: Create New User Profile window.

Example--Creating User Information on a Smart Card (Command Line)

This command is appropriate for all smart cards devices supported by Solaris Smart Cards. Make sure the card is in the card reader.

Set the PIN, login name, password, and application for the card by typing the following on one line. The PIN specified here is the one you specified in "How to Change a PIN on a Smart Card (Console)".

# smartcard -c init -A A000000062030400 -P `001234' username=nigel 
password=changeme application=dtlogin