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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2024-11-17 18:43:11 UTC
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Debian package: Avoid suggesting a C compiler unnecessarily

The list of suggested packages, meant to enable the "mandos" program
to find the correct value of SO_BINDTODEVICE by using a C compiler,
are not necessary when Python 3.3 or later is used, since it has the
SO_BINDTODEVICE constant defined in the "socket" module.  Also, Python
2.6 or older has the same constant in the old "IN" module.  Therefore,
we should suggest these Python versions as alternatives to a C
compiler, so that a C compiler is not installed unnecessarily.

debian/control (Package: mandos/Suggests): Add "python3 (>= 3.3)" and
"python (<= 2.6)" as alternatives to "libc6-dev | libc-dev" and
"c-compiler".

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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 "password-agent">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2020-09-16">
 
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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>2019</year>
 
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      <year>2020</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>8mandos</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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      Run Mandos client as a systemd password agent.
 
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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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      <arg><option>--agent-directory=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--helper-directory=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <!-- <arg><option>-\-plugin-helper-dir=<replaceable -->
 
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      <!-- >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg> -->
 
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      <!-- <sbr/> -->
 
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      <arg><option>--user=<replaceable
 
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      >USERID</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <!-- <arg><option>-\-userid=<replaceable -->
 
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      <!-- >ID</replaceable></option></arg> -->
 
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      <!-- <sbr/> -->
 
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      <arg><option>--group=<replaceable
 
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      >GROUPID</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <!-- <arg><option>-\-groupid=<replaceable -->
 
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      <!-- >ID</replaceable></option></arg> -->
 
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      <!-- <sbr/> -->
 
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      <arg>--</arg>
 
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      <arg>
 
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        <replaceable>MANDOS_CLIENT</replaceable>
 
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        <group rep="repeat">
 
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          <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--test</option></arg>
 
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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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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--usage</option></arg>
 
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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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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program which is meant to
 
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      be a <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> <quote>Password
 
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      url="https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/">Password
 
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      Agents</ulink>).  The aim of this program is therefore to
 
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      acquire and then send a password to some other program which
 
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      will use the password to unlock the encrypted root disk.
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is not meant to be invoked directly, but can be in
 
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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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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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        <term><option>--agent-directory
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Specify a different agent directory.  The default is
 
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            <quote><filename class="directory"
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; -- /lib/mandos/plugins.d/mandos-client --pubkey=/etc/mandos/keys/pubkey.txt --seckey=/etc/mandos/keys/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey=/etc/mandos/keys/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey=/etc/mandos/keys/tls-privkey.pem</userinput>
 
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