Re: YubiKey and FIDO, how do you do it?

On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 03:35:43PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/03/03 11:31, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I am not sure should following command work:
> >
> > $ ykman fido info
> > WARNING: No OTP HID backend available. OTP protocols will not function.
>
> that warning is unrelated to fido, just the OTP commands
>
> > and it's stuck like that. I have pcscd running. Not sure what did I
> > miss.
>
> did you follow the package message? it doesn't really work properly on
> OpenBSD but for me it's ok for *one* command after connecting, then I
> need to re-plug.
>
> suggest using another OS to do management of this, OpenBSD doesn't
> really support userland access to USB devices.
>

Do you mean below message?

> For "ykman fido", make sure pcscd is running, and if commands stall,
> try removing and reconnecting your YubiKey (likely to happen after
> each command).

I did start /usr/local/sbin/pcscd -f -d and also via rc.d(8), and it's
sutck in both ways and from the debug logs I don't see any clues.

Do you mean to configure the YubiKey or even to use it on OpenBSD?

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Regards,
Mikolaj