On Sat, Dec 11 2021, Ludovic Rousseau wrote: > Hello Yuri, > > I got no answer to my questions.
Sorry about that, didn't get anything. >> I note I get the same error if I use service(8) instead of >> invoke-rc.d(8) to >> restart pcscd: >> $ sudo service pcscd restart >> Failed to restart pcscd.service: Unit pcscd.service is masked. >> Have you modified invoke-rc.d configuration or something like that? No >> What do you get if you run "sudo invoke-rc.d pcscd restart"? # invoke-rc.d pcscd restart Failed to restart pcscd.service: Unit pcscd.socket is masked. invoke-rc.d: initscript pcscd, action "restart" failed. ○ pcscd.service - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pcscd.service; indirect; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:pcscd(8) but I just noticed reading now the error above I effectively masked the socket without masking the service :/ My bad. I had to install pcscd to use a smart-card reader once in a while, however I noticed that having pcscd running and/or starting anything using pkcs11 was taking _seconds_. I didn't want to remove the service, however I probably disabled socket by tabbing one-too-many times.