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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2017-08-20 14:41:20 UTC
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  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 360.
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20170820144120-ee0hsyhvo1geg8ms
Handle multiple lines better in cryptroot file.

* initramfs-tools-script: Avoid running plugin-runner more than once
  if the root file system device is specially marked in the cryptroot
  file.  Also never run plugin-runner for a resume (usually swap)
  device.

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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 "2017-02-23">
 
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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>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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      <year>2017</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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    <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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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
 
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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application
 
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
 
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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a
 
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>
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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>
 
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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</envar></term>
 
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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_NAME</envar></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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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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          normally have inherited them from
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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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          parsing kernel arguments and
 
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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will
 
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          have set them from parsing kernel arguments and
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          <filename>/conf/conf.d/cryptroot</filename> (also in the
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          initial RAM disk environment), which in turn will have been
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          created when the initial RAM disk image was created by
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  <refsect1 id="bugs">
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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      None are known at this time.
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    <xi:include href="../bugs.xml"/>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="example">
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      <para>
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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.
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        It might be useful to be reminded of which host needs a
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        password, in case of KVM switches, etc.
 
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        password, in case of <acronym>KVM</acronym> switches, etc.
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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>, and will, when run standalone, outside, in a
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      normal environment, immediately output on its standard output
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      any presumably secret password it just recieved.  Therefore,
 
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      any presumably secret password it just received.  Therefore,
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      normally be done), take care not to type in any real secret
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      password by force of habit, since it would then immediately be
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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>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,