[Bug 495511] [NEW] piv-tool (and subsequently, the rest of the opensc/openct suite) doesn't work as non-root

[Shahar Goldin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: opensc

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10
$ apt-cache policy opensc
opensc:
  Installed: 0.11.8-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.11.8-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.11.8-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy openct
openct:
  Installed: 0.6.16-2
  Candidate: 0.6.16-2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.16-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

>From a fresh install of ubuntu, I installed the entire opensc/openct suite ( libopenct1 libopensc2 opensc openct pcsc-tools pcscd mozilla-opensc libpam-pkcs11) and none of these things work without sudo because:
 $ piv-tool --serial
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
[piv-tool] reader-pcsc.c:1015:pcsc_detect_readers: returning with: No readers found
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Error: can't open /var/run/openct/status: Permission denied
Card not present.

I worked around this by chmod a+rx -R /var/run/openct/, which solves the
problems but I imagine introduces some security risks.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 11 10:15:51 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: opensc 0.11.8-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: opensc
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2126): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2126): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2202): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:2186): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

** Affects: opensc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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piv-tool (and subsequently, the rest of the opensc/openct suite) doesn't work as non-root
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495511
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