/mandos/release

To get this branch, use:
bzr branch http://bzr.recompile.se/loggerhead/mandos/release

« back to all changes in this revision

Viewing changes to plugins.d/mandos-client.xml

  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-06 17:24:58 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080906172458-2x5wlfkn7oqckt1y
* legalnotice.xml: Copy DocBook 4.4-formatted text from
                   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.dbk>.

Show diffs side-by-side

added added

removed removed

Lines of Context:
plugins.d/mandos-client.xml
2
2
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3
3
        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4
4
<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
5
 
<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "password-request">
6
 
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-03">
 
5
<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
 
6
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-06">
7
7
]>
8
8
 
9
9
<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
45
45
  <refnamediv>
46
46
    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
47
47
    <refpurpose>
48
 
      Client for mandos
 
48
      Client for <application>Mandos</application>
49
49
    </refpurpose>
50
50
  </refnamediv>
51
51
 
54
54
      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
55
55
      <group>
56
56
        <arg choice="plain"><option>--connect
57
 
        <replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
 
57
        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
58
58
        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
59
59
        <arg choice="plain"><option>-c
60
 
        <replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
 
60
        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
61
61
        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
62
62
      </group>
63
63
      <sbr/>
124
124
      network connectivity, Zeroconf to find servers, and TLS with an
125
125
      OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and confidentiality.  It
126
126
      keeps running, trying all servers on the network, until it
127
 
      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is recieved.
 
127
      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is received.
128
128
    </para>
129
129
    <para>
130
130
      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
311
311
      <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
312
312
      impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
313
313
      the console, since this program does not read from the console
314
 
      at all.  This is why a separate plugin (<citerefentry>
315
 
      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
316
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) does that, which
317
 
      will be run in parallell to this one by the plugin runner.
 
314
      at all.  This is why a separate plugin runner (<citerefentry>
 
315
      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
 
316
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is used to run
 
317
      both this program and others in in parallel,
 
318
      <emphasis>one</emphasis> of which will prompt for passwords on
 
319
      the system console.
318
320
    </para>
319
321
  </refsect1>
320
322
  
327
329
      program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
328
330
      error occurs.  Otherwise, it will forever connect to new
329
331
      <application>Mandos</application> servers as they appear, trying
330
 
      to get a decryptable password.
 
332
      to get a decryptable password and print it.
331
333
    </para>
332
334
  </refsect1>
333
335
  
386
388
    </informalexample>
387
389
    <informalexample>
388
390
      <para>
389
 
        Search for Mandos servers on another interface:
 
391
        Search for Mandos servers (and connect to them) using another
 
392
        interface:
390
393
      </para>
391
394
      <para>
392
395
        <!-- do not wrap this line -->