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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-05 16:24:33 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080905162433-58fgx91ae9foxlh1
* Makefile (PIDDIR, USER, GROUP): Removed.
  (install-server): Do not create $(PIDDIR).
  (uninstall-server): Do not remove $(PIDDIR).

* init.d-mandos (PIDFILE): Changed to "/var/run/$NAME.pid".

* mandos (IPv6_TCPServer.enabled): New attribute.
  (IPv6_TCPServer.server_activate): Only call method of superclass if
                                    "self.enabled".
  (IPv6_TCPServer.enable): Set "self.enabled" to True.
  (main): Create client Set() early.  Create IPv6_TCPServer object
          early.  Switch to user and group "mandos", "nobody" or
          65534, if possible.  Enable IPv6_TCPServer *after* switching
          user.

* mandos-keygen (KEYDIR): Changed to "/etc/keys/mandos".

* mandos.xml (FILES): Changed PID file.
  (SECURITY): The server does need to be privileged, but switches to a
              non-privileged user.

* plugin-runner.xml (EXAMPLE): Changed long example to something more
                               realistic.

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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-06">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-05">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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        console.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        If the password is a single-line, manually entered passprase,
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        a final trailing newline character should
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        <emphasis>not</emphasis> be printed.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        The plugin will run in the initial RAM disk environment, so
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        care must be taken not to depend on any files or running
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        services not available there.
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      <para>
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        Run plugins from a different directory, read a different
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        configuration file, and add two options to the
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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> plugin:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=mandos-client:--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt,--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</userinput>
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=password-request:--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt,--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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      non-privileged.  This user and group is then what all plugins
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      will be started as.  Therefore, the only way to run a plugin as
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      a privileged user is to have the set-user-ID or set-group-ID bit
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      set on the plugin executable file (see <citerefentry>
 
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      set on the plugin executable files (see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>).
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    </para>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>