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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-30 17:16:33 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080830171633-rjyuhsemikw6lg2w
* mandos-keygen.xml (SYNOPSIS): Fixed tags.  Unify short and long
                                options.
* plugins.d/password-request.xml (SYNOPSIS): - '' -

* mandos-clients.conf.xml: Removed extra white space.
* plugin-runner.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml: - '' -
* mandos-keygen.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-request.xml: - '' -

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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-12">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-30">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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      <para>
 
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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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        later version.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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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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        for more details.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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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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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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