/mandos/release

To get this branch, use:
bzr branch http://bzr.recompile.se/loggerhead/mandos/release

« back to all changes in this revision

Viewing changes to plugins.d/mandos-client.xml

  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2024-11-22 20:28:54 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 412.
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20241122202854-dycuf117byxhxl32
mandos-monitor: Avoid debug messages from urwid

Avoid debug messages from urwid.  Any logging output before the screen
has been set up will mangle the screen.

* mandos-monitor: When setting up logging, set urwid to only show log
  messages of level INFO or above.

(Thanks to an anonymous contributor for reporting this.)

Show diffs side-by-side

added added

removed removed

Lines of Context:
plugins.d/mandos-client.xml
2
2
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3
3
        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4
4
<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
5
 
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-24">
 
5
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-10-21">
6
6
<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
7
7
%common;
8
8
]>
196
196
    </para>
197
197
    <para>
198
198
      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
199
 
      to run as a plugin of the <application>Mandos</application>
200
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
201
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
202
 
      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
203
 
      specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
204
 
      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
205
 
      </citerefentry> file.
 
199
      to be run by other programs in the initial
 
200
      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment; see <xref
 
201
      linkend="overview"/>.
206
202
    </para>
207
203
  </refsect1>
208
204
  
220
216
    <title>OPTIONS</title>
221
217
    <para>
222
218
      This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it
223
 
      is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>
224
 
      plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
225
 
      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
226
 
      </citerefentry>.  Any command line options this program accepts
227
 
      are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not
228
 
      directly.
 
219
      is normally started by another program as described in <xref
 
220
      linkend="description"/>.  Any command line options this program
 
221
      accepts are therefore normally provided by the invoking program,
 
222
      and not directly.
229
223
    </para>
230
224
    
231
225
    <variablelist>
482
476
    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
483
477
    <xi:include href="../overview.xml"/>
484
478
    <para>
485
 
      This program is the client part.  It is a plugin started by
486
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
487
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> which will run in
488
 
      an initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
 
479
      This program is the client part.  It is run automatically in an
 
480
      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
 
481
    </para>
 
482
    <para>
 
483
      In an initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment using
 
484
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle>
 
485
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, this program is started
 
486
      by the <application>Mandos</application> <citerefentry>
 
487
      <refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
 
488
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which in turn is
 
489
      started automatically by the <citerefentry>
 
490
      <refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 
491
      </citerefentry> <quote>Password Agent</quote> system.
 
492
    </para>
 
493
    <para>
 
494
      In the case of a non-<citerefentry>
 
495
      <refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 
496
      </citerefentry> environment, this program is started as a plugin
 
497
      of the <application>Mandos</application> <citerefentry>
 
498
      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
 
499
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
 
500
      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
 
501
      specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
 
502
      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
 
503
      </citerefentry> file.
489
504
    </para>
490
505
    <para>
491
506
      This program could, theoretically, be used as a keyscript in
492
507
      <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
493
508
      impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
494
509
      the console, since this program does not read from the console
495
 
      at all.  This is why a separate plugin runner (<citerefentry>
496
 
      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
497
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is used to run
498
 
      both this program and others in in parallel,
499
 
      <emphasis>one</emphasis> of which (<citerefentry>
500
 
      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
501
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) will prompt for
502
 
      passwords on the system console.
 
510
      at all.
503
511
    </para>
504
512
  </refsect1>
505
513
  
762
770
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
763
771
    <para>
764
772
      Note that normally, command line options will not be given
765
 
      directly, but via options for the Mandos <citerefentry
766
 
      ><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
767
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 
773
      directly, but passed on via the program responsible for starting
 
774
      this program; see <xref linkend="overview"/>.
768
775
    </para>
769
776
    <informalexample>
770
777
      <para>
872
879
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
873
880
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
874
881
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
875
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
 
882
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
876
883
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
877
884
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
878
885
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>