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		   -*- mode: org; coding: utf-8 -*-
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		    Mandos Server D-Bus Interface
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This file documents the D-Bus interface to the Mandos server.
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* Bus: System bus
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  Bus name: "se.recompile.Mandos"
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* Object Paths:
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  | Path                  | Object            |
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  |-----------------------+-------------------|
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  | "/"                   | The Mandos Server |
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  | "/clients/CLIENTNAME" | Mandos Client     |
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* Mandos Server Interface:
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  Interface name: "se.recompile.Mandos"
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** Methods:
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*** GetAllClients()  (ao: Clients)
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    Returns an array of all client D-Bus object paths
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*** GetAllClientsWithProperties()  (a{oa{sv}}: ClientProperties)
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    Returns an array of all clients and all their properties
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*** RemoveClient(o: ObjectPath)  nothing
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    Removes a client
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** Signals:
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*** ClientAdded(o: ObjectPath)
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    A new client was added.
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*** ClientNotFound(s: Fingerprint, s: Address)
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    A client connected from Address using Fingerprint, but was
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    rejected because it was not found in the server.  The fingerprint
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    is represented as a string of hexadecimal digits.  The address is
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    an IPv4 or IPv6 address in its normal string format.
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*** ClientRemoved(o: ObjectPath, s: Name)
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    A client named Name on ObjectPath was removed.
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* Mandos Client Interface:
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** Methods
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*** Approve(b: Approve)  nothing
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    Approve or deny a connected client waiting for approval.  If
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    denied, a client will not be sent its secret.
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*** CheckedOK()  nothing
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    Assert that this client has been checked and found to be alive.
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    This will restart the timeout before disabling this client.  See
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    also the "LastCheckedOK" property.
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** Properties
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   Note: Many of these properties directly correspond to a setting in
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   "clients.conf", in which case they are fully documented in
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   mandos-clients.conf(5).
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   | Name                    | Type | Access     | clients.conf        |
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   | ApprovedByDefault       | b    | Read/Write | approved_by_default |
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   | ApprovalDelay (a)       | t    | Read/Write | approval_delay      |
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   | ApprovalDuration (a)    | t    | Read/Write | approval_duration   |
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   | ApprovalPending (b)     | b    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | Checker                 | s    | Read/Write | checker             |
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   | CheckerRunning (c)      | b    | Read/Write | N/A                 |
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   | Created (d)             | s    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | Enabled (e)             | b    | Read/Write | N/A                 |
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   | Expires (f)             | s    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | ExtendedTimeout (a)     | t    | Read/Write | extended_timeout    |
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   | Fingerprint             | s    | Read       | fingerprint         |
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   | Host                    | s    | Read/Write | host                |
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   | Interval (a)            | t    | Read/Write | interval            |
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   | LastApprovalRequest (g) | s    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | LastCheckedOK (h)       | s    | Read/Write | N/A                 |
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   | LastCheckerStatus (i)   | n    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | LastEnabled (j)         | s    | Read       | N/A                 |
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   | Name                    | s    | Read       | (Section name)      |
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   | Secret (k)              | ay   | Write      | secret (or secfile) |
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   | Timeout (a)             | t    | Read/Write | timeout             |
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   a) Represented as milliseconds.
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   b) An approval is currently pending.
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   c) Changing this property can either start a new checker or abort a
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      running one.
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   d) The creation time of this client object, as an RFC 3339 string.
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   e) Changing this property enables or disables a client.
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   f) The date and time this client will be disabled, as an RFC 3339
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      string, or an empty string if this is not scheduled.
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   g) The date and time of the last approval request, as an RFC 3339
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      string, or an empty string if this has not happened.
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   h) The date and time a checker was last successful, as an RFC 3339
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      string, or an empty string if this has not happened.  Setting
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      this property is equivalent to calling CheckedOK(), i.e. the
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      current time is set, regardless of the string sent.  Please
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      always use an empty string when setting this property, to allow
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      for possible future expansion.
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   i) The exit status of the last checker, -1 if it did not exit
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   j) The date and time this client was last enabled, as an RFC 3339
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      string, or an empty string if this has not happened.
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   k) A raw byte array, not hexadecimal digits.
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** Signals
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*** CheckerCompleted(n: Exitcode, x: Signal, s: Command)
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    A checker (Command) has completed.  Exitcode is either the exit
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    code or -1 for abnormal exit, in which case, the signal number
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*** CheckerStarted(s: Command)
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    A checker command (Command) has just been started.
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*** GotSecret()
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*** NeedApproval(t: Timeout, b: ApprovedByDefault)
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    usefully be called on this client object.
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*** Rejected(s: Reason)
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    This client was not given its secret for a specified Reason.
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* Copyright
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    Copyright © 2010-2015 Teddy Hogeborn
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    Copyright © 2010-2015 Björn Påhlsson
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** License:
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   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
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   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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   License, or (at your option) any later version.
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   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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   General Public License for more details.
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   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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   along with this program.  If not, see
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   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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