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Smartcard logon not possible in Remmina

It seems that in Remmina are no options to login via smartcard althought smartcard sharing is working OK. My situation: Windows server with NLA disabled and configured to need smartcard for interactive logon. When I run xfreerdp manually with this options it will login ok without user interaction and I get server session:

xfreerdp /smartcard-logon /u:username@domain.local /smartcard:"Yubico YubiKey OTP+FIDO+CCID 01 00" /p:PIN_OF_CARD /v:server_address

But in remmina I checked share smartcard and fill smartcard name. To login I have to provide correct password of mine AD account, then it opens graphical session when Win server tells me that I have to use smartcard and not password. At this point graphical session let me select card, type pin for it and after that it will also login. So, obviously smartcard sharing is working ok but there is no option how to tell remmina to login via smartcard for the first place, without password, without these messages. In xfreerdp I believe that this option is /smartcard-logon - without it it behaves same like in remmina.

Local System Description

  • Client (OS name and version): Gentoo
  • Remmina version ( remmina --version ): 1.4.31
  • Installation(s):
    • Distribution package.
    • PPA.
    • Snap.
    • Flatpak.
    • Compiled from sources.
    • Other - detail:
  • Desktop environment (GNOME, Unity, KDE, ..): Gnome
  • Plugin(s):
    • RDP - freerdp version ( xfreerdp --version ): 2.10.0
    • VNC
    • SSH
    • SFTP
    • SPICE
    • WWW
    • EXEC
    • Other (please specify):
  • GTK backend (Wayland, Xorg): Xorg
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