BTHCID.CONF(5)

NAME
bthcid.conf - bthcid(8) configuration file

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

The bthcid.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recursive-descent parser built into bthcid(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 bthcid.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 bthcid.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
bthcid(8)

AUTHORS
Maksim Yevmenkin <m_evmenkin@yahoo.com>