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* DBUS-API: New file documenting the server D-Bus interface.

* clients.conf: Add examples of new approval settings.

* debian/mandos.docs: Added "DBUS-API".

* mandos-clients.conf.xml (OPTIONS): Added "approved_by_default",
                                     "approval_delay", and
                                     "approval_duration".
* mandos.xml (D-BUS INTERFACE): Refer to the "DBUS-API" file.
  (BUGS): Remove mention of lack of a remote query interface.

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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 "2011-08-08">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-11">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
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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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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debuglevel
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></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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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--debuglevel
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        <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Set the debugging log level.
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            <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable> is a string, one of
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            <quote><literal>CRITICAL</literal></quote>,
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            <quote><literal>ERROR</literal></quote>,
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            <quote><literal>WARNING</literal></quote>,
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            <quote><literal>INFO</literal></quote>, or
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            <quote><literal>DEBUG</literal></quote>, in order of
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            increasing verbosity.  The default level is
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            <quote><literal>WARNING</literal></quote>.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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        PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="approval">
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    <title>APPROVAL</title>
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    <para>
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      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
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      client before it is sent its secret.  The delay to wait for such
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      approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
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      configured both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
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      will be approved immediately without delay.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
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      approved within a specified time.  It can also be used to make
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      the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
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      optional manual denying of this specific client.
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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    <para>
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            The file containing the process id of the
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
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            The file containing the process id of
 
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
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          </para>
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      </varlistentry>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
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        <refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
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    </para>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>