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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2008-08-12 16:29:05 UTC
  • mto: (237.7.1 mandos) (24.1.154 mandos)
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"
 
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        href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/mandos.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-02-25">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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<refentry>
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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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    <title>&CONFNAME;</title>
 
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    <productname>&CONFNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
 
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 
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        later version.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
 
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 
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        for more details.
 
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      <para>
 
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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        License along with this program; If not, see
 
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
 
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    <refentrytitle>&CONFNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <refname><filename>&CONFNAME;</filename></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Configuration file for the Mandos server
 
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      Configuration file for Mandos
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    <synopsis>&CONFPATH;</synopsis>
 
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      &CONFPATH;
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
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      startup.  The configuration file starts with <quote><literal
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      >[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself, followed by
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      any number of <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable
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      ></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> entries,
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      with continuations in the style of RFC 822.  <quote><varname
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        <term><option>interface<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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