Package: pcscd Version: 2.4.0-1 Severity: normal pcscd running as dedicated user pcscd cannot access smartcards when dependency libccid is an older version that leaves ownership of smartcard devices as root:root and not root:pcscd as newer versions do. User experience is that upgrading pcscd breaks all access to USB-connected smartcard readers.
According to https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2025/10/pcscd-runs-as-pcscd-user/ the corresponding change was made in libccid The pcscd package should thus depend on libccid >= 1.7.0, or at least recommend it. -- System Information: Debian Release: 13.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages pcscd depends on: ii libc6 2.43-3 ii libccid [pcsc-ifd-handler] 1.8.4-1 ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.3-3 ii libpcsclite1 2.5.2-1 ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 126-2 ii libsystemd0 262-1 ii libudev1 262-1 ii polkitd 126-2 ii runit-helper 2.16.4 ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 262-1 pcscd recommends no packages. Versions of packages pcscd suggests: ii systemd 262-1 -- no debconf information
