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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-18 23:55:28 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080818235528-dn628nlbrtzl7z4f
* Makefile: Bug fix: fixed creation of man pages for section 5 pages.

* mandos (main): Changed from requiring "[server]" in mandos.conf(5)
                 to requiring "[DEFAULT]".

* mandos.conf ([server]): Renamed to "[DEFAULT]".

* mandos.conf.xml: Removed <?xml-stylesheet>.  New entity "&OVERVIEW;"
                   referring to "overview.xml".
  (DESCRIPTION): Updated to specify the syntax more precisely.  Use
                 <varname> around the option names.

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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 OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
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]>
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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>&CONFNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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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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      ><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>: <replaceable
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      >value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note that
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      leading whitespace is removed from values.  Lines beginning with
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      <quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be used
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      to provide comments.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1>
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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      startup.  The configuration file starts with
 
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      <quote><literal>[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself,
 
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      followed by any number of
 
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      <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote>
 
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      entries, with continuations in the style of RFC 822.
 
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      <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>:
 
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      <replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note
 
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      that leading whitespace is removed from values.  Lines beginning
 
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      with <quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be
 
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      used to provide comments.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      The options are:
 
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    </para>
 
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><varname>interface</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>interface = </literal><replaceable
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          >NAME</replaceable>
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="interface"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><varname>address</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>address = </literal><replaceable
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          >ADDRESS</replaceable>
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="address"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><varname>port</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>port = </literal><replaceable
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          >NUMBER</replaceable>
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="port"/>
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        </listitem>
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        <term><varname>debug</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>debug = </literal>{ <literal
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          >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> }
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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        </listitem>
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        <term><varname>priority</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>priority = </literal><replaceable
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          >STRING</replaceable>
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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        <term><varname>servicename</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <synopsis><literal>servicename = </literal><replaceable
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          >NAME</replaceable>
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          </synopsis>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
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                      xpointer="servicename"/>
 
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        <term><literal><varname>interface</varname></literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            This option allows you to override the default network
 
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            interfaces. By default mandos will not bind to any
 
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            specific interface but instead use default avahi-server
 
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            behaviour.
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal><varname>address</varname></literal></term>
 
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        <term><literal><varname>port</varname></literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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            This option allows you to override the default port to
 
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        <term><literal><varname>debug</varname></literal></term>
 
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        <term><literal><varname>priority</varname></literal></term>
 
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    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
 
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      built-in module <systemitem class="library">ConfigParser</systemitem>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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      <para>
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      <para>
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address = 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672
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