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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 "mandos">
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2013-10-26">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry>
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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   <refentryinfo>
 
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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>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
 
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
 
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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>2010</year>
 
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      <year>2011</year>
 
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      <year>2012</year>
 
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      <year>2013</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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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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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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      </para>
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      <para>
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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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        for more details.
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      </para>
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        License along with this program; If not, see
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice="opt">--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice="opt">--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice="opt">--port<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice="opt">--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice="opt">--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice="opt">--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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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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            Directory to search for configuration files.  Default is
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        <term><literal>--version</literal></term>
 
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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          <para>
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            Prints the program version and exit.
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        <term><option>--no-dbus</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="dbus"/>
 
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        <term><option>--no-ipv6</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
 
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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298
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        <term><option>--statedir
 
304
        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="statedir"/>
 
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        <term><option>--socket
 
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        <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="socket"/>
 
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317
      
 
318
      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--foreground</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
 
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                      xpointer="foreground"/>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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273
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    &OVERVIEW;
 
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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332
    <para>
277
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      This program is the server part.  It is a normal server program
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      and will run in a normal system environment, not in an initial
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      RAM disk environment.
 
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      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
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    </para>
281
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="protocol">
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    <title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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    <para>
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        <entry>-><!-- &rarr; --></entry>
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      </row>
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      <row>
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        <entry><quote><literal>1\r\en</literal></quote></entry>
 
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        <entry><quote><literal>1\r\n</literal></quote></entry>
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        <entry>-><!-- &rarr; --></entry>
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      </row>
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  </refsect1>
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396
  
341
397
  <refsect1 id="checking">
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
343
399
    <para>
344
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      The server will, by default, continually check that the clients
345
401
      are still up.  If a client has not been confirmed as being up
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402
      for some time, the client is assumed to be compromised and is no
347
 
      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  The timeout,
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      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
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      both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
350
 
      <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
351
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry>
 
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  (Manual
 
404
      intervention is required to re-enable a client.)  The timeout,
 
405
      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
 
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      can be configured both globally and per client; see
 
407
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
408
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
409
    </para>
 
410
  </refsect1>
 
411
  
 
412
  <refsect1 id="approval">
 
413
    <title>APPROVAL</title>
 
414
    <para>
 
415
      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
 
416
      client before it is sent its secret.  The delay to wait for such
 
417
      approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
 
418
      configured both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
352
419
      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
353
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
354
 
    </para>
 
420
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
 
421
      will be approved immediately without delay.
 
422
    </para>
 
423
    <para>
 
424
      This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
 
425
      approved within a specified time.  It can also be used to make
 
426
      the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
 
427
      optional manual denying of this specific client.
 
428
    </para>
 
429
    
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  </refsect1>
356
 
 
 
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
359
434
    <para>
360
 
      The server will send log messaged with various severity levels
361
 
      to <filename>/dev/log</filename>.  With the
 
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      The server will send log message with various severity levels to
 
436
      <filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename>.  With the
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      <option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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      and also show them on the console.
364
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    </para>
365
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  </refsect1>
366
 
 
 
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442
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
 
443
    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
 
444
    <para>
 
445
      Client settings, initially read from
 
446
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
 
447
      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
 
448
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
 
449
      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
 
450
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
 
451
    </para>
 
452
  </refsect1>
 
453
  
 
454
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
 
455
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
 
456
    <para>
 
457
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
 
458
      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
 
459
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
 
460
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
 
461
    </para>
 
462
  </refsect1>
 
463
  
367
464
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
368
465
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
369
466
    <para>
371
468
      critical error is encountered.
372
469
    </para>
373
470
  </refsect1>
374
 
 
375
 
  <refsect1 id="file">
 
471
  
 
472
  <refsect1 id="environment">
 
473
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
 
474
    <variablelist>
 
475
      <varlistentry>
 
476
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
477
        <listitem>
 
478
          <para>
 
479
            To start the configured checker (see <xref
 
480
            linkend="checking"/>), the server uses
 
481
            <filename>/bin/sh</filename>, which in turn uses
 
482
            <varname>PATH</varname> to search for matching commands if
 
483
            an absolute path is not given.  See <citerefentry>
 
484
            <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 
485
            </citerefentry>.
 
486
          </para>
 
487
        </listitem>
 
488
      </varlistentry>
 
489
    </variablelist>
 
490
  </refsect1>
 
491
  
 
492
  <refsect1 id="files">
376
493
    <title>FILES</title>
377
494
    <para>
378
495
      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
401
518
        </listitem>
402
519
      </varlistentry>
403
520
      <varlistentry>
404
 
        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
405
 
        <listitem>
406
 
          <para>
407
 
            The file containing the process id of
408
 
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
 
521
        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
522
        <listitem>
 
523
          <para>
 
524
            The file containing the process id of the
 
525
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
526
            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
 
527
            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
 
528
            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
 
529
            used instead.
 
530
          </para>
 
531
        </listitem>
 
532
      </varlistentry>
 
533
      <varlistentry>
 
534
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
 
535
      </varlistentry>
 
536
      <varlistentry>
 
537
        <term><filename
 
538
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
 
539
        <listitem>
 
540
          <para>
 
541
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
 
542
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
 
543
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
409
544
          </para>
410
545
        </listitem>
411
546
      </varlistentry>
418
553
          </para>
419
554
        </listitem>
420
555
      </varlistentry>
 
556
      <varlistentry>
 
557
        <term><filename>/bin/sh</filename></term>
 
558
        <listitem>
 
559
          <para>
 
560
            This is used to start the configured checker command for
 
561
            each client.  See <citerefentry>
 
562
            <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
563
            <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details.
 
564
          </para>
 
565
        </listitem>
 
566
      </varlistentry>
421
567
    </variablelist>
422
568
  </refsect1>
423
 
 
 
569
  
424
570
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
425
571
    <title>BUGS</title>
426
572
    <para>
427
573
      This server might, on especially fatal errors, emit a Python
428
574
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
429
575
    </para>
 
576
    <para>
 
577
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
 
578
    </para>
 
579
    <para>
 
580
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
 
581
      keys.
 
582
    </para>
430
583
  </refsect1>
431
 
 
432
 
  <refsect1 id="examples">
433
 
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
 
584
  
 
585
  <refsect1 id="example">
 
586
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
434
587
    <informalexample>
435
588
      <para>
436
589
        Normal invocation needs no options:
437
590
      </para>
438
591
      <para>
439
 
        <userinput>mandos</userinput>
 
592
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
440
593
      </para>
441
594
    </informalexample>
442
595
    <informalexample>
443
596
      <para>
444
597
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
445
 
        the <filename>~/mandos</filename> directory, and use the
446
 
        Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not collide with
447
 
        any other official Mandos server on this host:
 
598
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
 
599
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
 
600
        collide with any other official Mandos server on this host:
448
601
      </para>
449
602
      <para>
450
603
 
451
604
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
452
 
<userinput>mandos --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
 
605
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --configdir ~/mandos --servicename Test</userinput>
453
606
 
454
607
      </para>
455
608
    </informalexample>
461
614
      <para>
462
615
 
463
616
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
464
 
<userinput>mandos --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
 
617
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --interface eth7 --address fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2</userinput>
465
618
 
466
619
      </para>
467
620
    </informalexample>
468
621
  </refsect1>
469
 
 
 
622
  
470
623
  <refsect1 id="security">
471
624
    <title>SECURITY</title>
472
 
    <refsect2>
 
625
    <refsect2 id="server">
473
626
      <title>SERVER</title>
474
627
      <para>
475
 
        Running this &COMMANDNAME; server program should not in itself
476
 
        present any security risk to the host computer running it.
477
 
        The program does not need any special privileges to run, and
478
 
        is designed to run as a non-root user.
 
628
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
 
629
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
 
630
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
 
631
        soon after startup.
479
632
      </para>
480
633
    </refsect2>
481
 
    <refsect2>
 
634
    <refsect2 id="clients">
482
635
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
483
636
      <para>
484
637
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
491
644
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
492
645
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
493
646
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
494
 
        except the user running the server.
 
647
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
495
648
      </para>
496
649
      <para>
497
650
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
500
653
      </para>
501
654
      <para>
502
655
        For more details on client-side security, see
503
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
656
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
504
657
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
505
658
      </para>
506
659
    </refsect2>
507
660
  </refsect1>
508
 
 
 
661
  
509
662
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
510
663
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 
664
    <para>
 
665
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
666
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
667
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
668
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
669
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
670
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
671
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
672
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
673
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
 
674
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
675
    </para>
511
676
    <variablelist>
512
677
      <varlistentry>
513
678
        <term>
514
 
          <citerefentry>
515
 
            <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
516
 
            <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
517
 
          </citerefentry>
518
 
        </term>
519
 
        <listitem>
520
 
          <para>
521
 
            This is the actual program which talks to this server.
522
 
            Note that it is normally not invoked directly, and is only
523
 
            run in the initial RAM disk environment, and not on a
524
 
            fully started system.
525
 
          </para>
526
 
        </listitem>
527
 
      </varlistentry>
528
 
      <varlistentry>
529
 
        <term>
530
679
          <ulink url="http://www.zeroconf.org/">Zeroconf</ulink>
531
680
        </term>
532
681
        <listitem>
549
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      </varlistentry>
550
699
      <varlistentry>
551
700
        <term>
552
 
          <ulink
553
 
              url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink>
 
701
          <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
 
702
          >GnuTLS</ulink>
554
703
        </term>
555
704
      <listitem>
556
705
        <para>
562
711
      </varlistentry>
563
712
      <varlistentry>
564
713
        <term>
565
 
          <citation>RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
566
 
          Architecture</citetitle>, section 2.5.6, Link-Local IPv6
567
 
          Unicast Addresses</citation>
 
714
          RFC 4291: <citetitle>IP Version 6 Addressing
 
715
          Architecture</citetitle>
568
716
        </term>
569
717
        <listitem>
570
 
          <para>
571
 
            The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
572
 
            immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
573
 
            automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it is
574
 
            brought up.
575
 
          </para>
 
718
          <variablelist>
 
719
            <varlistentry>
 
720
              <term>Section 2.2: <citetitle>Text Representation of
 
721
              Addresses</citetitle></term>
 
722
              <listitem><para/></listitem>
 
723
            </varlistentry>
 
724
            <varlistentry>
 
725
              <term>Section 2.5.5.2: <citetitle>IPv4-Mapped IPv6
 
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            <term>Section 2.5.6, <citetitle>Link-Local IPv6 Unicast
 
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              <para>
 
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                The clients use IPv6 link-local addresses, which are
 
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                immediately usable since a link-local addresses is
 
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                automatically assigned to a network interfaces when it
 
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        <term>
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          <citation>RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security
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          (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle></citation>
 
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          RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
 
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          Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle>
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        <term>
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          <citation>RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message
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          Format</citetitle></citation>
 
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          RFC 4880: <citetitle>OpenPGP Message Format</citetitle>
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        </term>
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        <term>
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          <citation>RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for
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          Transport Layer Security</citetitle></citation>
 
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          RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
 
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          Security</citetitle>
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