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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-26">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-29">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<title>Mandos Manual</title>
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<title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
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<productname>Mandos</productname>
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<productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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<productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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<productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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<date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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<xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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License along with this program; If not, see
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<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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<refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-a
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--port
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-p
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--priority
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<replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--servicename
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--configdir
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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<arg><option>--debuglevel
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<replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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<arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
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<arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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<arg>--port<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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<arg>--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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<arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg>--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg>-i<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg>-a<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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<arg>-p<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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<arg>--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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<arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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<arg>--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<group choice="req">
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain">-h</arg>
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<arg choice="plain">--help</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain">--version</arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--check</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain">--check</arg>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="description">
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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password for that specific client.
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<refsect1 id="purpose">
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<title>PURPOSE</title>
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The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
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rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref
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linkend="overview"/> for details.
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<refsect1 id="options">
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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<term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
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Show a help message and exit
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<term><option>--interface</option>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>-i</option>
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
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<term><literal>-i</literal>, <literal>--interface <replaceable
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>NAME</replaceable></literal></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="interface"/>
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<term><option>--address
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>-a</literal>, <literal>--address <replaceable>
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ADDRESS</replaceable></literal></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="address"/>
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>-p</literal>, <literal>--port <replaceable>
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PORT</replaceable></literal></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="port"/>
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<term><option>--check</option></term>
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<term><literal>--check</literal></term>
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Run the server’s self-tests. This includes any unit
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<term><option>--debug</option></term>
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<term><literal>--debug</literal></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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<term><option>--debuglevel
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<replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the debugging log level.
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<replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable> is a string, one of
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<quote><literal>CRITICAL</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>ERROR</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>WARNING</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>INFO</literal></quote>, or
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<quote><literal>DEBUG</literal></quote>, in order of
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increasing verbosity. The default level is
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<quote><literal>WARNING</literal></quote>.
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<term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>--priority <replaceable>
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PRIORITY</replaceable></literal></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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<term><option>--servicename
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<replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>--servicename <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>
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xpointer="servicename"/>
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<term><option>--configdir
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><literal>--configdir <replaceable>DIR</replaceable>
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Directory to search for configuration files. Default is
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<term><option>--version</option></term>
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<term><literal>--version</literal></term>
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Prints the program version and exit.
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<term><option>--no-dbus</option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="dbus"/>
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See also <xref linkend="dbus_interface"/>.
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<term><option>--no-ipv6</option></term>
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<xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
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<refsect1 id="overview">
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<title>OVERVIEW</title>
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<xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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This program is the server part. It is a normal server program
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and will run in a normal system environment, not in an initial
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<acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
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RAM disk environment.
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<refsect1 id="protocol">
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<title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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<refsect1 id="checking">
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<title>CHECKING</title>
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The server will, by default, continually check that the clients
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are still up. If a client has not been confirmed as being up
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for some time, the client is assumed to be compromised and is no
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longer eligible to receive the encrypted password. (Manual
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intervention is required to re-enable a client.) The timeout,
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longer eligible to receive the encrypted password. The timeout,
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checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. A client successfully
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receiving its password will also be treated as a successful
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<refsect1 id="approval">
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<title>APPROVAL</title>
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The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
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client before it is sent its secret. The delay to wait for such
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approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
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configured both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. By default all clients
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will be approved immediately without delay.
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This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
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approved within a specified time. It can also be used to make
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the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
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optional manual denying of this specific client.
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<title>LOGGING</title>
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and also show them on the console.
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<refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
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<title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
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The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
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This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
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Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists. For documentation
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of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
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<refsect1 id="exit_status">
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<title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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backtrace. This could be considered a feature.
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Currently, if a client is disabled due to having timed out, the
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server does not record this fact onto permanent storage. This
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has some security implications, see <xref linkend="clients"/>.
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Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
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having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
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permanent storage. This has some security implications, see
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<xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
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There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
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status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
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class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
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There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
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If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
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by the server which would therefore disable the client. But
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if the server was ever restarted, it would re-read its client
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list from its configuration file and again regard all clients
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therein as enabled, and hence eligible to receive their
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passwords. Therefore, be careful when restarting servers if
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it is suspected that a client has, in fact, been compromised
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by parties who may now be running a fake Mandos client with
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the keys from the non-encrypted initial <acronym>RAM</acronym>
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image of the client host. What should be done in that case
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(if restarting the server program really is necessary) is to
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stop the server program, edit the configuration file to omit
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any suspect clients, and restart the server program.
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by the server which would therefore declare the client
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invalid. But if the server was ever restarted, it would
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re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
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regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
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receive their passwords. Therefore, be careful when
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restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
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fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
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fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
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initial RAM image of the client host. What should be done in
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that case (if restarting the server program really is
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necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
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configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
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For more details on client-side security, see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</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>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>