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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-02">
 
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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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]>
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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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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Run Mandos plugins.  Pass data from first succesful one.
 
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      Run Mandos plugins, pass data from first to succeed.
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group rep="repeat">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--global-env=<replaceable
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        >VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-G
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        <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable> </option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program which is meant to
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      be specified as <quote>keyscript</quote> in <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the root disk.  The
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      aim of this program is therefore to output a password, which
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      then <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
 
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      be specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> for the root disk in
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The aim of this
 
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      program is therefore to output a password, which then
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use to unlock the
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    </para>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--global-env
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-G
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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          <para>
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          </para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--disable
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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          </para>       
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--enable
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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            Re-enable the plugin named
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            <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>.  This is only useful to
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            undo a previous <option>--disable</option> option, maybe
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            from the configuration file.
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          </para>
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        <term><option>--groupid
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        <replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--userid
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        <replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>--plugin-dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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          </para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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        <term><option>-V</option></term>
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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      code will make this plugin-runner output the password from that
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      plugin, stop any other plugins, and exit.
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    <refsect2 id="writing_plugins">
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      <title>WRITING PLUGINS</title>
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      <para>
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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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        <emphasis>not</emphasis> be printed.
 
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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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      <para>
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        The plugin must not use resources, like for instance reading
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        It is useful, but not required, for the plugin to take the
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      only passes on its environment to all the plugins.  The
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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        Run plugins from a different directory and add a special
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