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diff --git a/doc/scdaemon.texi b/doc/scdaemon.texi index f069a9fb8..134ca40df 100644 --- a/doc/scdaemon.texi +++ b/doc/scdaemon.texi @@ -478,12 +478,39 @@ TO BE WRITTEN. @node Scdaemon PASSWD @subsection Change PINs. -TO BE WRITTEN. +@example + PASSWD [--reset] @var{chvno} +@end example + +Change the PIN or reset the retry counter of the card holder +verification vector number @var{chvno}. @node Scdaemon CHECKPIN @subsection Perform a VERIFY operation. -TO BE WRITTEN. +@example + CHECKPIN @var{idstr} +@end example + +Perform a VERIFY operation without doing anything else. This may be +used to initialize a the PIN cache earlier to long lasting +operations. Its use is highly application dependent: + +@table @strong +@item OpenPGP + +Perform a simple verify operation for CHV1 and CHV2, so that further +operations won't ask for CHV2 and it is possible to do a cheap check on +the PIN: If there is something wrong with the PIN entry system, only the +regular CHV will get blocked and not the dangerous CHV3. @var{idstr} is +the usual card's serial number in hex notation; an optional fingerprint +part will get ignored. + +There is however a special mode if @var{idstr} is suffixed with the +literal string @code{[CHV3]}: In this case the Admin PIN is checked if +and only if the retry counter is still at 3. + +@end table |