[ rdesktop-Bugs-2777237 ] rdesktop with smartcard

Bugs item #2777237, was opened at 2009-04-21 09:02
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Category: Authentication
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: rahulkr (rahulravindran)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: rdesktop with smartcard

Initial Comment:
i have installed rdesktop 1.6 which has smart card option in linux OS.i plugin the usb smart card reader
and started pcscd deamon then i invoke the rdesktop with scard option the rdesktop recognized the
smart card which is inserted in the smart card reader.But problem is when i unplug the smart card and plug it again (while rdesktop still running) then rdesktop does not recognized the smart card.
Please help me.I have no clue what is happening but this procedure work perfectly with windows

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2009-06-23 15:04

Message:
I whish to add some extra information.

We had the same problem and we have discovered an interaction with MS
Active Directory.  When the windows machine on which we want to connect is
outside any domain, redirection and insert/eject events works perfectly. 
When the machine is added to the domain, we have the same problem.

The problem occurs with out-of-the box policies on Windows 2003 and
Windows 2008 server with the default policies.  And I have found no policy
directly inpacting RDP in these default policies.  So, up-to-now I have no
extra-idea or workaround.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2009-05-30 20:06

Message:
there is some code in the scard.c which enables the "hotplug" feature, it's
disabled, but when i enabled i was able to hotplug the card in the reader,
i'm just not sure if it is buggy...

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Comment By: rahulkr (rahulravindran)
Date: 2009-04-23 12:48

Message:
Is there any patch for this ?

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2009-04-23 12:45

Message:
Is there any patch ready for this problem?

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2009-04-21 13:18

Message:
You haven't done anything wrong. There is a bug in rdesktop. The set of
users using both rdesktop and smart cards is growing but still small; the
subset of those users who can hack on the smartcard support is even
smaller. So bugs in this area are not fixed very quickly.

The workaround is to set your terminal server to not log people off as
soon as they disconnect. Then when you remove the smartcard (for whatever
reason), you can disconnect without logging out of Windows by closing the
rdesktop client, and restart rdesktop with the smart card inserted, to
reconnect to the terminal server. Then you'll start your Windows session
where you left it off, with the smartcard working.

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