Re: firefox unable to load pkcs11 module

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On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 4:27 PM nschehovin--- via CentOS <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>  Hi Tony,
> Have you solved this problem yet?I took another approach and used CACkey
> which supportsUS Government PIV cards including the CAC.  In my case I set
> it up on Linux Mint but there is an rpm version of CACKey for 32 or 64 bit
> Centos.Here is the process I went through.
> - setup CAC card by following instructions on:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonAccessCard
> sudo apt-get install libpcsclite1 pcscd pcsc-tools
> - download CACkey from https://cackey.rkeene.org/fossil/index
> sudo dpkg -i cackey_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
> The above command failed with:
> "dpkg: error processing archive cackey_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb (--install):
>  unable to create '/libcackey.so.dpkg-new' (while processing
> './usr/lib64/libcackey.so'): No such file or directory
> dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  cackey_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb"
>
> - as root I created the directory /usr/lib64 and ran the command
> again!!!!!!It Worked!!!!!!!
> - ran command pcsc_scan and it found my CAC
> - had to manually install the DoD root certificates
> - certificates were manually installed one at a time for both Thunderbird
> and Firefox
> It turned out to be much easier than I thought it would to get my PIV
> working on a Linux machine.
> Hope that helps.Ed
>
>
>     On Thursday, April 2, 2020, 1:37:32 PM EDT, Tony Schreiner <
> anthony.schreiner@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:47 PM Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > CentOS 7, In firefox -> privacy & security -> certificates -> security
> > devices
> > i am trying to load the pkcs11 modules, but get the error  unable to
> load.
> >
> > I am following the directions at
> > https://piv.idmanagement.gov/engineering/firefox/
> >
> > I have installed opensc and openssl-pkcs11, which
> > contains /usr/lib64/openssl/engines/pkcs11.so
> > and am using that is the module
> >
> > Has anybody here done that, and can offer advice?
> >
>
> Answering myself, though not completely solved.
>
> I should have instead been loading /usr/lib64/opensc-pksc11.so
> _______________________________________________
>
>

I was advising someone at a remote site, so didn't see the full experience.
But once I provided the correct path for the module, he was able to load it
and complete the authentication. Sorry I don't have more details.

But thanks for the info, I'll save it.
Tony
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