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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2010-05-18 16:56:54 UTC
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos-clients.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/clients.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-26">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-12-09">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>approval_delay<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            How long to wait for external approval before resorting to
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            use the <option>approved_by_default</option> value.  The
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            default is <quote>0s</quote>, i.e. not to wait.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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            as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><option>approval_duration<literal> = </literal
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        ><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            How long an external approval lasts.  The default is 1
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            second.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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            as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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          </para>
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        <term><option>approved_by_default<literal> = </literal
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          >{ <literal >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal
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          >true</literal> | <literal>on</literal> | <literal
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          >0</literal> | <literal>no</literal> | <literal
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          >false</literal> | <literal>off</literal> }</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Whether to approve a client by default after
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            the <option>approval_delay</option>.  The default
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            is <quote>True</quote>.
 
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        <term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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          </para>
 
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          <para>
 
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
 
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            successful checker run or a client receiving its secret)
 
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            until a client is disabled and not allowed to get the data
 
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            this server holds.  By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
 
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          </para>
 
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          <para>
 
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            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
 
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            space-separated number of values, each of which is a
 
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            number and a one-character suffix.  The suffix must be one
 
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            of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
 
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            <quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
 
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            minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively.  The values are
 
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            added together to give the total time value, so all of
 
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            <quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
 
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            <quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
 
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            <quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
 
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            of five minutes and thirty seconds.
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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          </para>
 
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          <para>
 
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            How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
 
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            still up.  <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
 
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            not be started if an old one is still running.  The server
 
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            will wait for a checker to complete until the above
 
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            <quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
 
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            time the client will be disabled, and any running checker
 
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            killed.  The default interval is 5 minutes.
 
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          </para>
 
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          <para>
 
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            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
 
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            as for <varname>timeout</varname> above.
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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><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
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        >STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>, but highly
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            <emphasis>recommended</emphasis> unless the
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            <option>checker</option> option is modified to a
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            non-standard value without <quote>%%(host)s</quote> in it.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            Host name for this client.  This is not used by the server
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            directly, but can be, and is by default, used by the
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            checker.  See the <option>checker</option> option.
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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>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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            still up.  <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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            not be started if an old one is still running.  The server
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            will wait for a checker to complete until the below
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            <quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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            time the client will be disabled, and any running checker
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            killed.  The default interval is 5 minutes.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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            as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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        <term><option>secfile<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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            This option is only used if <option>secret</option> is not
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            data is in an external file.  The contents of the file
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            should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be base64-encoded, but
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            will be sent to clients verbatim.
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            File names of the form <filename>~user/foo/bar</filename>
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            and <filename>$<envar>ENVVAR</envar>/foo/bar</filename>
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            are supported.
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          </para>
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        <term><option>secret<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >BASE64_ENCODED_DATA</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
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            this server holds.  By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
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          </para>
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            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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            space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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            number and a one-character suffix.  The suffix must be one
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            of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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            <quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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            <quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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            of five minutes and thirty seconds.
 
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        let the authors know of any attributes that are useful so they
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fingerprint = 3e393aeaefb84c7e89e2f547b3a107558fca3a27
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secfile = /etc/mandos/bar-secret
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approved_by_default = False
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approval_delay = 30s
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      </programlisting>
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    </informalexample>
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  </refsect1>