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List:       strongswan-users
Subject:    [strongSwan] pkcs11 problem and solution
From:       andreas.steffen () strongsec ! net (Andreas Steffen)
Date:       2005-03-09 13:49:14
Message-ID: 422EF0BF.9070407 () strongsec ! net
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Hi Rolf,

thanks for valuable hint. It will be included in the next release
of the strongSwan installation howto. I have made the same experience
that a path entry is required in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
variable in order for pluto to start successfully.

Kind regards

Andreas

Rolf Offermanns wrote:
> Hi!
> While testing the new pkcs11 smartcard support I noticed the following (debian 
> unstable):
> 
> In libpkcs11.c C_LoadModule() is called with NULL as first parameter.
> This leads to a call to "scdl_open()" with "opensc-pkcs11.so" as name 
> parameter (the default value).
> 
> dlopen() will not find this library, even if its path is contained 
> in /etc/ld.so.conf. (ldconfig -p finds the other libs in the lib/pkcs11 
> directory, but not opensc-pkcs11.so, maybe because its name does not start 
> with lib...).
> 
> You have to add the lib/pkcs11 directory to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env. variable 
> in plutos environment to have dlopen() find the file.
> 
> -Rolf

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