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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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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
 
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "plugin-runner">
 
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]>
 
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<refentry>
 
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  <refentryinfo>
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <!-- NWalsh's docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</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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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
 
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        <address>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.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@fukt.bsnet.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>2008</year>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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    </copyright>
 
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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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      <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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      </para>
 
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    </legalnotice>
 
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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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      get password for encrypted rootdisk
 
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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 choice='opt'>--global-options<arg choice='plain'>OPTIONS</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--options-for<arg choice='plain'>PLUGIN:OPTIONS</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--disable<arg choice='plain'>PLUGIN</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--groupid<arg choice='plain'>ID</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--userid<arg choice='plain'>ID</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--plugin-dir<arg choice='plain'>DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--debug</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--usage</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>    
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a plugin runner that waits
 
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      for any of its plugins to return sucessfull with a password, and
 
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      passes it to cryptsetup as stdout message. This command is not
 
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      meant to be invoked directly, but is instead meant to be run by
 
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      cryptsetup by being specified in /etc/crypttab as a keyscript
 
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      and subsequlently started in the initrd environment. See
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information on
 
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      keyscripts.    
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      plugins is looked for in the plugins directory which by default will be
 
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      /conf/conf.d/mandos/plugins.d if not changed by option --plugin-dir.
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>-g</literal>,<literal>--global-options
 
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        <replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Global options given to all plugins as additional start
 
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            arguments.  Options are specified with a -o flag followed
 
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            by a comma separated string of options.
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>-o</literal>,<literal> --options-for
 
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>:<replaceable>OPTION</replaceable>
 
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        </literal></term>
 
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            Plugin specific options given to the plugin as additional
 
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            start arguments.  Options are specified with a -o flag
 
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        <term><literal>-d</literal>,<literal> --disable
 
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Disable a specific plugin
 
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        <term><literal>--groupid <replaceable>ID</replaceable>
 
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        </literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Group ID the plugins will run as
 
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        <term><literal>--userid <replaceable>ID</replaceable>
 
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          <para>
 
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            User ID the plugins will run as
 
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        <term><literal>--plugin-dir <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable>
 
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        <term><literal>-V</literal>, <literal>--version</literal></term>
 
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    <para>
 
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    <title>NOTES</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
 
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
 
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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</refentry>