gnuk/doc/stop-scdaemon.rst
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Stopping/Resetting SCDAEMON
===========================
There is a daemon named ``scdaemon`` behind gpg-agent, which handles
communication to smartcard/token.
Ideally, we don't need to care about ``scdaemon``, and it should
handle everything automatically. But, there are some cases (because
of bugs), where we need to talk to the daemon directly, in practice.
How to communicate SCDAEMON
===========================
We have a utility to communicate with a running gpg-agent, that's
gpg-connect-agent. We can use it to communicate with scdaemon,
as it supports sub-command "SCD", exactly for this purpose.
Stopping SCDAEMON
=================
To stop SCDAEMON and let it exit, type::
$ gpg-connect-agent "SCD KILLSCD" "SCD BYE" /bye
Then, you can confirm that there is no SCDAEMON any more by ``ps``
command.
Or, you can use ``gpgconf`` command. Type::
$ gpgconf --reload scdaemon
will do the same thing.
Let GPG-AGENT/SCDAEMON learn
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To let gpg-agent/scdaemon "learn" from Gnuk Token, type::
$ gpg-connect-agent learn /bye