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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2008-08-16 18:15:07 UTC
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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 "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2017-02-23">
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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>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
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      <year>2012</year>
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      <year>2013</year>
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      <year>2014</year>
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      <year>2015</year>
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      <year>2016</year>
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      <year>2017</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>8</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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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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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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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-t
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-l
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--subtype
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-s
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--sublength
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-L
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--name
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-n
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--email
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-e
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--comment
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-c
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--expire
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-x
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--force</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f</option></arg>
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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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>--password</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-p</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--passfile
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-F</option>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--name
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-n
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--no-ssh</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-S</option></arg>
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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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>-h</option></arg>
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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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>--version</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
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      </group>
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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 program to generate the
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      OpenPGP key used by
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The key is
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      normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the
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      initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be changed
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      <option>--password</option> or <option>--passfile</option>
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename> (see
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="purpose">
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    <title>PURPOSE</title>
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    <para>
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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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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
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      linkend="overview"/> for details.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-d
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-t
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        <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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          <para>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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          <para>
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        <listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <listitem>
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          </para>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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    <para>
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  </refsect1>
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          <para>
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        <listitem>
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            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
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          </para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <listitem>
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            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
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          </para>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            <varname>TMPDIR</varname> is not set.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="example">
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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