Smart Cards on Linux

Hi,

I am trying to use a smart cards on Ubuntu.. I am not looking to use them to login, just to store certificates and sign certificates. The problem I have is that I can not read any certificates from the smart card or write to it.

I have tried to get it running on Ubuntu 7, 8 and now running 9.04 beta.

The smart card is a Gemalto .net V2 smart card and the card reader is a Gemplus TWIN USB card reader.

I have the following packages installed

root@certificate01:~# dpkg -l | grep pcsc
ii  libpcsc-perl                               1.4.7-1                                 Perl interface to the PC/SC smart card libra
ii  libpcsclite1                               1.4.102-1ubuntu2                        Middleware to access a smart card using PC/S
ii  pcsc-tools                                 1.4.14-1                                Some tools to use with smart cards and PC/SC
ii  pcscd                                      1.4.102-1ubuntu2                        Middleware to access a smart card using PC/S
root@certificate01:~# dpkg -l | grep opensc
ii  libopensc2                                 0.11.4-5ubuntu1                         SmartCard library with support for PKCS#15 c
ii  mozilla-opensc                             0.11.4-5ubuntu1                         Mozilla plugin for authentication using Open
root@certificate01:~# dpkg -l | grep openct
ii  libopenct1                                 0.6.14-3ubuntu2                         middleware framework for smart card terminal
ii  openct                                     0.6.14-3ubuntu2                         middleware framework for smart card terminal
root@certificate01:~# dpkg -l | grep dot
ii  libgemaltodotnetp11                        2.1.1-1ubuntu2                          .NET PKCS#11 library


I have followed the gemalto instructions here:

http://www.gemalto.com/products/dotnet_card/resources/libraries.html?toggler=0

and also installed the deb package from the above link.

I have had little success reading information from the smart card but normally at most all I can obtain using opensc openct is that it can see the card and list the card attributes, but nothing further.

When I load the /usr/lib/pkcs11/libgtop11dotnet.so as a security device in Firefox it loads but it does not see any smart card/certificates.

Can anyone me some better instructions then what gemalto provide or other packages to use that will allow me to use the smart card?

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Running pcsc_scan it sees the following:
 
# pcsc_scan 
PC/SC device scanner
V 1.4.14 (c) 2001-2008, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
Compiled with PC/SC lite version: 1.4.99
Scanning present readers
0: Gemplus GemPC Twin 00 00
 
Fri Aug 21 14:53:25 2009
 Reader 0: Gemplus GemPC Twin 00 00
  Card state: Card inserted, Shared Mode, 
  ATR: 3B 16 96 41 73 74 72 69 64
 
ATR: 3B 16 96 41 73 74 72 69 64
+ TS = 3B --> Direct Convention
+ T0 = 16, Y(1): 0001, K: 6 (historical bytes)
  TA(1) = 96 --> Fi=512, Di=32, 16 cycles/ETU (223200 bits/s at 3.57 MHz)
+ Historical bytes: 41 73 74 72 69 64
  Category indicator byte: 41 (proprietary format)
 
Possibly identified card (using /usr/share/pcsc/smartcard_list.txt):
3B 16 96 41 73 74 72 69 64
	Gemalto .NET v2.0