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plugins.d/password-prompt.xml

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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 VERSION "1.0">

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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "password-prompt">

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-04">

 

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-27">

 

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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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    <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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    <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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

 

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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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

 

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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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      <year>2018</year>

 

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      <year>2019</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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        >PREFIX</replaceable></arg>

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      </group>

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      <sbr/>

 

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      <arg choice="opt">

 

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        <option>--prompt <replaceable>PROMPT</replaceable></option>

 

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      </arg>

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      <arg choice="opt"><option>--debug</option></arg>

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    </cmdsynopsis>

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    <cmdsynopsis>

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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

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    <para>

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      All <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> does is prompt for a

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      password and output any given password to standard output.  This

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      is not very useful on its own.  This program is really meant to

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      run as a plugin in the <application>Mandos</application>

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      client-side system, where it is used as a fallback and

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      alternative to retrieving passwords from a <application

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      >Mandos</application> server.

 

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      password and output any given password to standard output.

 

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    </para>

 

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    <para>

 

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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is

 

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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application

 

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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a

 

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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a

 

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      <application >Mandos</application> server.

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    </para>

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    <para>

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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle

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      wrapper, although actual use of that function is not guaranteed

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      or implied.

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    </para>

 

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    <para>

 

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      This program tries to detect if a Plymouth daemon

 

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      (<citerefentry><refentrytitle

 

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      >plymouthd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>)

 

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      is running, by looking for a

 

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      <filename>/run/plymouth/pid</filename> file or a process named

 

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      <quote><literal>plymouthd</literal></quote>.  If it is detected,

 

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      this process will immediately exit without doing anything.

 

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    </para>

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  </refsect1>

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  <refsect1 id="options">

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

 

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        <term><option>--prompt=<replaceable

 

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        >PROMPT</replaceable></option></term>

 

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        <listitem>

 

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          <para>

 

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            The password prompt.  Using this option will make this

 

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            program ignore the <envar>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</envar> and

 

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            <envar>CRYPTTAB_NAME</envar> environment variables.

 

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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>--debug</option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>

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    <variablelist>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>

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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>

 

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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</envar></term>

 

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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_NAME</envar></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to

 

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            If set, and if the <option>--prompt</option> option is not

 

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            used, these environment variables will be assumed to

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            contain the source device name and the target device

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            mapper name, respectively, and will be shown as part of

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            the prompt.

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        <para>

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          These variables will normally be inherited from

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          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>

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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will

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          normally have inherited them from

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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the

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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will

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          have set them from parsing kernel arguments and

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          <filename>/conf/conf.d/cryptroot</filename> (also in the

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          initial RAM disk environment), which in turn will have been

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          created when the initial RAM disk image was created by

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          <filename

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          >/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot</filename>, by

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          extracting the information of the root file system from

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          <filename >/etc/crypttab</filename>.

 

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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which might

 

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          have in turn inherited them from its calling process.

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        </para>

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        <para>

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          This behavior is meant to exactly mirror the behavior of

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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter.

 

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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter

 

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          from initramfs-tools.

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        </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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  <refsect1 id="bugs">

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    <title>BUGS</title>

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    <para>

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      None are known at this time.

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    </para>

 

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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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  <refsect1 id="see_also">

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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

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    <para>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>

 

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>

 

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouthd</refentrytitle>

 

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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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    </para>

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  </refsect1>

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</refentry>

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