DWM Question about Yubico and FreeBSD

ale.lili · Jun 16, 2026

Heyy~ ^-^
I've been trying to get my YubiKey working on my PC with FreeBSD but I can't (╥﹏╥), it does detect the YubiKey but won't let me unlock it (>_<).
Inside it I have my GPG key and my SSH key, so I can't sign commits to my code on GitHub (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) and I can't connect to my server via SSH either... does anyone know how to fix this?? (；ω；)

samjenk · Jun 28, 2026

There are a number of ports in the FreeBSD ports collection that have to do with supporting YubiKeys. Can you list the ones you have installed? Also, what version of FreeBSD are you using?

freezmi · Jun 28, 2026

ale.lili said:
Heyy~ ^-^
I've been trying to get my YubiKey working on my PC with FreeBSD but I can't (╥﹏╥), it does detect the YubiKey but won't let me unlock it (>_<).
Inside it I have my GPG key and my SSH key, so I can't sign commits to my code on GitHub (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) and I can't connect to my server via SSH either... does anyone know how to fix this?? (；ω；)

if only you provided console output errors instead of pikachu faces.

monwarez · Jun 28, 2026

Maybe look at: https://gist.github.com/daemonhorn/bdd77a7bc0ff5842e5a31d999b96e1f1

Espionage724 · Jun 28, 2026

I can log into GitHub in Firefox with U2F key; only needed to add myself to u2f group (gist above mentions it too):

Code:

pw groupmod 'u2f' -m 'espionage724'

freezmi · Jun 28, 2026

the only non-documented thing I had to tweak on my setup was to --disable-polkit on the pcsc daemon, otherwise gpg yubikey integration worked just fine for me on all FreeBSD versions from 14.0 to 15.1 inclusive.

Yampress · Jun 28, 2026

Thread 'Yubico yubikey 5 nfc on FreeBSD'

Oct 9, 2025

Tested on FreeBSD 14.3
manual version 20251009

Note: It is assumed that the user has secured/set a PIN on the Ubikey key before using the instructions below.

I am installing the necessary packages

Code:

# pkg install yubico-piv-tool pcsc-lite ccid py311-fido2 libfido2
# pkg install libu2f-host u2f-devd

Adds myself (an authorized user) to the U2F group. Only users in the U2F group can use Ubikey.

Code:

# pw group mod u2f -m yampress

Check device
(put ubikey in usb port and run the commands below)

Code:

# usbconfig show_ifdrv
# ykman info

Enable pcscd daemon

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