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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-03 17:34:29 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080903173429-db2mjtddf7mgbx8z
* plugins.d/password-request.xml (OVERVIEW): Refer to
                                             password-prompt(8) by
                                             name.
  (SECURITY): Improved wording.  Add paragraph about insecurity of
              ping.
  (SEE ALSO): Add references to cryptsetup(8) and crypttab(5).
              Changed to be a <variablelist> and added text.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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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 "password-prompt">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-30">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-01">
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]>
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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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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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      is not very useful on its own.  This program is really meant to
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      run as a plugin in the <application>Mandos</application>
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      client-side system, where it is used as a fallback and
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      alternative to retrieving passwords from a <application
 
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      alternative to retriving passwords from a <application
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      >Mandos</application> server.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      <para>
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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.
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        It might be useful to be reminded of which host needs a
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        password, in case of <acronym>KVM</acronym> switches, etc.
 
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        password, in case of KVM switches, etc.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>, and will, when run standalone, outside, in a
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      normal environment, immediately output on its standard output
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      any presumably secret password it just received.  Therefore,
 
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      any presumably secret password it just recieved.  Therefore,
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      when running this program standalone (which should never
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      normally be done), take care not to type in any real secret
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      password by force of habit, since it would then immediately be
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    <para>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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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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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,