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* mandos (Client.timeout, Client.interval): Changed from being a
                                            property to be a normal
                                            attribute.
  (Client._timeout, Client._interval): Removed.
  (Client._timeout_milliseconds): Changed from being an attribute to
                                  be a method "timeout_milliseconds".
                                  All users changed.
  (Client._interval_milliseconds): Changed from being an attribute to
                                   be method "interval_milliseconds".
                                   All users changed.
  (Client.__init__): Take additional "use_dbus" keyword argument.
                     Only provide D-Bus interface if "use_dbus" is
                     True.
  (Client.use_dbus): New attribute.
  (Client.dbus_object_path): Changed to only be set if "self.use_dbus"
                             is True.
  (Client.enable, Client.disable, Client.checker_callback,
  Client.bump_timeout, Client.start_checker, Client.stop_checker):
  Only emit D-Bus signals if "self.use_dbus".
  (Client.SetChecker, Client.SetHost, Client.Enable): Bug fix: Emit
                                                      D-Bus signals.
  (Client.SetInterval, Client.SetTimeout): Changed to emit D-Bus
                                           signals.

  (main): Remove deprecated "default" keyword argument to "--check"
          option.  Added new "--no-dbus" option.  Added corresponding
          "use_dbus" server configuration option.  Only provide D-Bus
          interface and emit D-Bus signals if "use_dbus".  Pass
          "use_dbus" on to Client constructor.

* mandos-options.xml ([@id="dbus"]): New option.

* mandos.conf (use_dbus): New option.

* mandos.conf.xml (OPTIONS): New option "use_dbus".
  (EXAMPLE): - '' -

* mandos.xml (SYNOPSIS): New option "--no-dbus".
  (D-BUS INTERFACE): New section.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-30">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-12-28">
 
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%common;
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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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      <author>
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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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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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        later version.
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
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        restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
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        fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
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        fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
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        initial RAM image of the client host.  What should be done in
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        necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
 
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        configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
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        the server program.
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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        <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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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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        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>