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The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
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startup. The configuration file starts with
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<quote><literal>[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself,
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followed by any number of
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<quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote>
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entries, with continuations in the style of RFC 822.
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<quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>:
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<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted. Note
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that leading whitespace is removed from values. Lines beginning
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with <quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be
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used to provide comments.
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startup. The configuration file starts with <quote><literal
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>[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself, followed by
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any number of <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable
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></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> entries,
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with continuations in the style of RFC 822. <quote><varname
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><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>: <replaceable
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>value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted. Note that
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leading whitespace is removed from values. Lines beginning with
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<quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be used
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><literal><varname>interface</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to override the default network
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interfaces. By default mandos will not bind to any
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specific interface but instead use default avahi-server
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<term><literal><varname>address</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to override the default network
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address. By default mandos will not bind to any
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specific address but instead use default avahi-server
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<term><literal><varname>port</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to override the default port to
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listen on. By default mandos will not specify any specific
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port and instead use a random port given by the OS from
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the use of INADDR_ANY.
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<term><literal><varname>debug</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to modify debug mode with a true/false
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boolean value. By default is debug set to <literal>false</literal>.
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<term><literal><varname>priority</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to override the default gnutls
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priority that will be used in gnutls session. See
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnutls_priority_init
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</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>for
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more information on gnutls priority strings.
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<term><literal><varname>servicename</varname></literal></term>
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This option allows you to override the default Zeroconf
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service name use to announce mandos as a avahi service. By
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default mandos will use "Mandos".
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<term><varname>interface</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>interface = </literal><replaceable
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="interface"/>
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<term><varname>address</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>address = </literal><replaceable
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>ADDRESS</replaceable>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="address"/>
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<term><varname>port</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>port = </literal><replaceable
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>NUMBER</replaceable>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="port"/>
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<term><varname>debug</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>debug = </literal>{ <literal
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>1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal
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>true</literal> | <literal>on</literal> | <literal
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>0</literal> | <literal>no</literal> | <literal
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>false</literal> | <literal>off</literal> }
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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<term><varname>priority</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>priority = </literal><replaceable
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>STRING</replaceable>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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<term><varname>servicename</varname></term>
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<synopsis><literal>servicename = </literal><replaceable
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
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xpointer="servicename"/>
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<refsect1 id="examples">
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<title>EXAMPLES</title>
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# A configuration example
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priority = SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP
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<title>FILES</title>
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The file described here is &CONFPATH;
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The <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> is necessary because the Python
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built-in module <systemitem class="library">ConfigParser</systemitem>
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<refsect1 id="example">
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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No options are actually required:
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An example using all the options:
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# A configuration example
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address = 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672
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priority = SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP
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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>gnutls_priority_init</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
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Architecture</citetitle>
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<term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
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Addresses</citetitle></term>
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<listitem><para/></listitem>
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<term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
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Address</citetitle></term>
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<listitem><para/></listitem>
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<term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
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Addresses</citetitle></term>
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The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
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immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
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automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
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<ulink url="http://www.zeroconf.org/">Zeroconf</ulink>
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Zeroconf is the network protocol standard used by clients
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for finding the Mandos server on the local network.