EIDENV

NAME

eidenv − utility for accessing visible data from electronic identity cards

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The eidenv utility is used for accessing data from electronic identity cards (like national eID cards) which might not be present in PKCS#15 objects but available in custom files on the card. The data can be printed on screen or used by other programs via environment variables.

OPTIONS

−−exec prog, −x prog

Executes the given program with data in environment variables.

−−help, −h

Print help message on screen.

−−print, −p

Prints all data fields from the card, like validity period, document number etc.

−−reader num, −r num

Use the given reader. The default is the first reader with a card.

−−stats, −t

Prints key usage statistics (only for Estonian ID card).

−−version, −v

Prints the version of the utility and exits.

−−wait, −w

Wait for a card to be inserted

AUTHORS

eidenv utility was written by Stef Hoeben and Martin Paljak <martin@martinpaljak.net>.