NAME

hcsecd.conf — hcsecd(8) configuration file

DESCRIPTION

The hcsecd.conf file is the configuration file for the hcsecd(8) Bluetooth link keys/PIN codes management daemon.

The hcsecd.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recursive-descent parser built into hcsecd(8). The file may contain extra tabs and newlines for formatting purposes. Keywords in the file are case-sensitive. Comments may be placed anywhere within the file (except within quotes). Comments begin with the ‘ #’ character and end at the end of the line.

FILE FORMAT

The hcsecd.conf file consists of a list of device entries. Each device entry defines a link key or PIN code for a remote Bluetooth device. Each remote Bluetooth device is identified by its unique BD_ADDR.

The device entry

device { option argument;[ option argument;] }

The following section describes all supported options and arguments.

bdaddr BD_ADDR

Specify remote device BD_ADDR for the entry.

name device_name

Specify user friendly name for the entry. Name is a string in straight double quotes.

key link_key

Specify link key for the entry. Link key is hexadecimal string up to 32 characters in length starting with ‘ 0x’.

key nokey

Specify no link key for the entry.

pin PIN_code

Specify PIN code for the entry. PIN code is a string up to 16 characters in length in straight double quotes.

pin nopin

Specify no PIN code for the entry.

EXAMPLES

A sample hcsecd.conf file:

# Default entry is applied if no better match found 
# It MUST have 00:00:00:00:00:00 as bdaddr 
device { 
        bdaddr  00:00:00:00:00:00; 
        name    "Default entry"; 
        key     nokey; 
        pin     nopin; 
} 
 
# Ericsson T68 phone 
device { 
        bdaddr  00:80:37:5e:4d:d4; 
        name    "Ericsson T68 phone"; 
        key     nokey; 
        pin     "0000"; # PIN code 
} 
 
# Dummy device 
device { 
        bdaddr  00:11:22:33:44:55; 
        name    "Dummy"; 
        key     0x00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff; # 16 bytes key 
        pin     nopin; 
}

SEE ALSO

hcsecd(8)

AUTHORS

Maksim Yevmenkin <m_evmenkin@yahoo.com>