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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2016-03-05 21:42:56 UTC
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Add bug reporting information to manual pages

* bugs.xml: New file.
* intro.xml (BUGS): New section; include "bugs.xml".
* mandos-clients.conf.xml (BUGS): Include "bugs.xml".
* mandos-ctl.xml (BUGS): Uncommented; include "bugs.xml".
* mandos-keygen.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* mandos-monitor.xml (BUGS): Include "bugs.xml".
* mandos.conf.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* mandos.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* plugin-runner.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* plugins.d/askpass-fifo.xml (BUGS): New section; include
                                     "../bugs.xml".
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (BUGS): Uncommented; include
                                     "../bugs.xml".
* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml (BUGS): Include "../bugs.xml".
* plugins.d/plymouth.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* plugins.d/splashy.xml (BUGS): - '' -
* plugins.d/usplash.xml (BUGS): - '' -

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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 "password-prompt">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-31">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2016-03-05">
 
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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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<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>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>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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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</year>
 
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      <year>2016</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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      <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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    <xi:include href="../legalnotice.xml"/>
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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      All <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> does is prompt for a
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      password and output any given password to standard output.  This
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      is not very useful on its own.  This program is really meant to
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      run as a plugin in the <application>Mandos</application>
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      client-side system, where it is used as a fallback and
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      alternative to retriving passwords from a <application
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      >Mandos</application> server.
 
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      password and output any given password to standard output.
 
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
 
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>-p</option> <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable
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        <term><option>--prefix=</option><replaceable
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        <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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            Prefix string shown before the password prompt.
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
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        <term><option>-?</option></term>
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
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            Gives a help message about options and their meanings.
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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        <term><option>-V</option></term>
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            Prints the program version.
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>
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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to
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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will
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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the
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          initial RAM disk environment, which will have set them from
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,