pcscd rejecting sssd p11_child as unauthorized

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Smartcard authentication in RHEL 8.

Authentication does work, But getting these in /var/log/messages about every 80 seconds:

Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]:  auth.c:117:IsClientAuthorized() Error in authorization: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to open file “/proc/<>/status”: No such file or directory
Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]: 00000020 auth.c:137:IsClientAuthorized() Process 10833 (user: 0) is NOT authorized for action: access_pcsc
Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]: 00000014 winscard_svc.c:335:ContextThread() Rejected unauthorized PC/SC client
Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]: 00000407 auth.c:117:IsClientAuthorized() Error in authorization: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to open file “/proc/<>/status”: No such file or directory
Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]: 00000006 auth.c:137:IsClientAuthorized() Process 10835 (user: 0) is NOT authorized for action: access_pcsc
Feb  8 11:53:45  pcscd[]: 00000091 winscard_svc.c:335:ContextThread() Rejected unauthorized PC/SC client

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • sssd-2.0.0-43.el8.x86_64
  • pcsc-lite-1.8.23-3.el8.x86_64
  • Smart card reader
    Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:2101 Dell Computer Corp. SmartCard Reader Keyboard

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