How to Authenticate With a Smart Card on a Screensaver
Before You Begin
The GNOME screensaver is displaying on a desktop that you logged in to with a smart card PIN.
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Insert the cursor into the entry field and type your smart card PIN.
Then press the Enter or Return key.
Note - Do not press the Dismiss button.
Note - Press the Dismiss button only if you need a different account to unlock the screen. Then you would insert the card for that different account, type the username in the entry field and press the Enter or Return key. The system will attempt to read the card for the certificate and prompt for the smart card PIN for this different account.The smart card reader's green LED blinks as the card is being read and the subject_mapping field of the certificate is verified.
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After the dialog box displays a welcome message, press the
Dismiss button.
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At the smart card PIN prompt, type your PIN and press the
Enter or Return key.
A "verifying certificate" dialog box displays.
If the dialog box displays Error 2320: Wrong smartcard PIN, press the Dismiss button and type the PIN again.
- Press the Dismiss button to log in.