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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2019-03-07 20:57:16 UTC
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mandos-ctl: Refactor; extract syntax check to separate function

* mandos-ctl (check_option_syntax): New.
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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos-ctl">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-03-06">
 
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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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  <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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    <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@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@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>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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      <year>2018</year>
 
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      <year>2019</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>8</manvolnum>
 
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  </refmeta>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>
 
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      Control or query the operation of the Mandos server
 
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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 choice="req">
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--enable</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
 
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          <sbr/>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--disable</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--bump-timeout</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-b</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--start-checker</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--stop-checker</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--remove</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-r</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--checker
 
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          <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-c
 
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          <replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--timeout
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-t
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--extended-timeout
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--interval
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-i
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--approve-by-default</option
 
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          ></arg>
 
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          <sbr/>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--deny-by-default</option></arg>
 
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        </group>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--approval-delay
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--approval-duration
 
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          <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--host
 
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          <replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-H
 
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          <replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <sbr/>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--secret
 
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          <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-s
 
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          <replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--approve</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-A</option></arg>
 
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          <sbr/>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--deny</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-D</option></arg>
 
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      <group choice="req">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--all</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-a</option></arg>
 
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        <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
 
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          <replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable>
 
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        </arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
 
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          <sbr/>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>--dump-json</option></arg>
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><option>-j</option></arg>
 
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      <group>
 
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        <arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
 
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          <replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group choice="req">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--is-enabled</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'><replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--check</option></arg>
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to control or
 
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      query the operation of the Mandos server
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum
 
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      >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program can be used to change client settings, approve or
 
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      deny client requests, and to remove clients from the server.
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="purpose">
 
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    <title>PURPOSE</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
 
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      rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
 
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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
 
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      linkend="overview"/> for details.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="options">
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-h</option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Show a help message and exit
 
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        <term><option>--enable</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-e</option></term>
 
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            Enable client(s).  An enabled client will be eligble to
 
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        <term><option>-d</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-a</option></term>
 
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            Make the client-modifying options modify <emphasis
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-monitor</refentrytitle>
 
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