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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2019-08-04 12:42:49 UTC
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Describe role of password-agent(8mandos) in intro(8mandos)

Describe the role of password-agent(8mandos) in the intro(8mandos)
manual.

* intro.xml (SYSTEMD): New section.
  (SEE ALSO): Add reference to password-agent(8mandos).

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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 "plymouth">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2017-02-23">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-27">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice="opt">
 
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        <option>--prompt <replaceable>PROMPT</replaceable></option>
 
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      </arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group choice="req">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-?</option></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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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--usage</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group choice="req">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>
 
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
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  <refsect1 id="options">
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <para>
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      This program takes no options.
 
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      This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it
 
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      is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>
 
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      plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
 
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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry>.  Any command line options this program accepts
 
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      are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not
 
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      directly.
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    </para>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--prompt=<replaceable
 
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        >PROMPT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            The password prompt.  Note that using this option will
 
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            make this program ignore the <envar>cryptsource</envar>
 
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            and <envar>crypttarget</envar> environment variables.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--debug</option></term>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Enable debug mode.  This will enable a lot of output to
 
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            standard error about what the program is doing.  The
 
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            program will still perform all other functions normally.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
 
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        <term><option>--usage</option></term>
 
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            Gives a short usage message.
 
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
 
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            Prints the program version.
 
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    </variablelist>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>
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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to
 
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            contain the source device name and the target device
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        <para>
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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 <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will
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          <filename
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          >/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot</filename>, by
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          This behavior is meant to exactly mirror the behavior of
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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter.
 
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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle>