====== Configure Smart Card Auth on Ubuntu 20.04 ====== ===== Install pre-requisite packages ===== apt install -y opensc gdm3 **Note:** Make sure to select GDM as the default display manager, since this does not yet work with LightDM. ===== Copy in PAM PKCS11 config ===== This assumes you have the pam_pkcs11.conf file in your home. cp ~/pam_pkcs11.conf /etc/pam_pkcs11/ ===== Setup CA Certs ===== rmdir /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts ln -s /usr/local/share/ca-certificates /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts cd /etc/pam_pkcs11/cacerts; pkcs11_make_hash_link ===== Configure PAM ===== We need to remove the pam_pkcs11 call from ''common-auth'' and add it to ''gdm-password'' so that SSH sessions can pass along without smartcard auth: In ''/etc/pam.d/common-auth'' remove: auth [success=2 default=0] pam_pkcs11.so Add the following line to ''/etc/pam.d/gdm-password'' AFTER the ''@include common-auth'' line: auth [success=ok default=bad] pam_pkcs11.so ===== Finishing Up ===== Reboot the system and test!