Smartcard with UI and command line
I cannot see in NetworkManager (1.14.6-2+deb10u1) an option to use a VPN with a PKCS#11 smartcard. Without NM, there is a rather complicated command-line procedure requiring root privilege. This works for me, but I'd prefer something simpler that does not require root. This page refers to an issue that was closed in 2017 with
this comment that says "We now handle 'pkcs11' scheme for 802.1x and since bug 778456 we deal with PINs too. What's left is the UI; but nmcli
can be used."
What is the status of the UI handling of smartcards, and what is the procedure for using nmcli
?