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Use D-Bus properties instead of our own methods.

* mandos (Client._datetime_to_milliseconds): Renamed to
                                             "_timedelta_to_milliseconds".
                                             All callers changed.
  (dbus_service_property): New decorator for D-Bus properties.
  (DBusPropertyException, DBusPropertyAccessException,
  DBusPropertyNotFound): New D-Bus exception classes.
  (DBusObjectWithProperties): New; extends "dbus.service.Object" with
                              support for properties.
  (ClientDBus): Inherit from, and call up to, "DBusObjectWithProperties".
  (ClientDBus.CheckedOK, ClientDBus.GetAllProperties,
  ClientDBus.SetChecker, ClientDBus.SetHost, ClientDBus.SetInterval,
  ClientDBus.SetSecret, ClientDBus.SetTimeout, ClientDBus.Enable,
  ClientDBus.StartChecker, ClientDBus.Disable,
  ClientDBus.StopChecker): Removed, replaced with properties.
  (ClientDBus.IsStillValid): Removed, superfluous.
  (ClientDBus.name_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.fingerprint_dbus_property, ClientDBus.host_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.created_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.last_enabled_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.enabled_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.last_checked_ok_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.timeout_dbus_property, ClientDBus.interval_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.checker_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.checker_running_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.object_path_dbus_property,
  ClientDBus.secret_dbus_property): New D-Bus properties.

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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-04">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-09-17">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--no-dbus</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="dbus"/>
 
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          <para>
 
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            See also <xref linkend="dbus_interface"/>.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--no-ipv6</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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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.  The timeout,
 
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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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      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>.
 
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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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      checker run.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
 
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    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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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.
 
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      <!-- XXX -->
 
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    </para>
 
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      The console log messages does not show a time stamp.
 
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      The console log messages do not show a time stamp.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP