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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2012-06-17 14:55:31 UTC
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* mandos: New "--foreground" option.

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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 "2010-09-26">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-06-17">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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      <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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      <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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      <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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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--statedir
 
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--socket
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--foreground</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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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers.  The Mandos server uses Zeroconf to
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      announce itself on the local network, and uses TLS to
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      communicate securely with and to authenticate the clients.  The
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      Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to use IPv6
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      link-local addresses, since the clients will probably not have
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      any other addresses configured (see <xref linkend="overview"/>).
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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      password for that specific client.
 
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
 
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      TLS to communicate securely with and to authenticate the
 
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      clients.  The Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to
 
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      linkend="overview"/>).  Any authenticated client is then given
 
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        <term><option>--debuglevel
 
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        <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></term>
 
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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>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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        <term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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        PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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