How to setup Gemalto Safenet eToken 5110CC in Acrobat Reader on Apple (Mac OS)?

There is an instruction below on how to connect the module with the Gemalto Safenet eToken 5110CC (940) USB token and set it in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Mac OS (Apple): 

  1. Open Preferences in Acrobat Reader DC (dropdown menu under Acrobat Reader menu)
  2. Click on Signatures
  3. Identities & trusted certificates - click on More..  button
  4. Click on the PKCS11 Modules and Tokens
  5. Click on Attach module 
  6. Copy /usr/local/lib/libeTPkcs11.dylib here
  7. Click on the SafeNet eToken PKCS#11
  8. Click Sign In
  9. Enter your token password
  10. Click on your Token under SafeNet eToken PKCS#11
  11. Select the master certificate which will be used for signing
  12. Close the window
  13. Open Terminal 
  14. Copy Sudo nano /etc/etoken.conf 
  15. Click on Enter
  16. Write your password to your Mac (it won't show up) and press Enter
  17. Write in the window (this will enable SAC PIN popup to show):
    1. [GENERAL]
    2. EnablePrompt=1
  18. CTRL+O and press Enter
  19. CTRL+X 
  20. Close the window

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