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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 "2008-09-01">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-01">
 
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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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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
 
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      <year>2009</year>
 
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      <year>2012</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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    <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>-e
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        <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-G
 
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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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        >PLUGIN</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>-f<replaceable>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-E<replaceable>
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        PLUGIN</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>--options-for=<replaceable
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        >PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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        >OPTIONS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f<replaceable>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-o<replaceable>
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        PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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        >OPTIONS</replaceable> </option></arg>
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable> </option></arg>
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        >PLUGIN</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      >ID</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--plugin-dir=<replaceable
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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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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      <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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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use to try and
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The aim of this
 
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      This program is not meant to be invoked directly, but can be in
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        ><replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
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        ><replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
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            <replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable> is a comma separated
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            list of options.  This is not a very useful option, except
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            for specifying the <quote><option>--debug</option></quote>
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            for all plugins.
 
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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      non-privileged.  This user and group is then what all plugins
 
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      will be started as.  Therefore, the only way to run a plugin as
 
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      a privileged user is to have the set-user-ID or set-group-ID bit
 
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      set on the plugin executable file (see <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry>).
 
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      ><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry>, there is a slight risk that if this program
 
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      fails to work, there might be no way to boot the system except
 
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      for booting from another media and editing the initial RAM disk
 
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      image to not run this program.  This is, however, unlikely,
 
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      >password-prompt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry> plugin will read a password from the console in
 
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      case of failure of the other plugins, and this plugin runner
 
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      will also, in case of catastrophic failure, itself fall back to
 
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      asking and outputting a password on the console (see <xref
 
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      linkend="fallback"/>).
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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>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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