=== modified file 'mandos.conf.xml'
--- mandos.conf.xml	2019-06-20 18:54:10 +0000
+++ mandos.conf.xml	2024-09-08 00:08:15 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos.conf">
 <!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/mandos.conf</filename>">
-<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-06-20">
+<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-04-30">
 <!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 %common;
 ]>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   <refsect1 id="description">
     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
     <para>
-      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
+      The file &CONFPATH; is a configuration file for
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
       <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
       startup.  The configuration file starts with <quote><literal

=== modified file 'plugin-runner.xml'
--- plugin-runner.xml	2019-07-25 22:44:36 +0000
+++ plugin-runner.xml	2024-09-08 00:08:15 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
 	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "plugin-runner">
-<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-26">
+<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-04-30">
 <!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 %common;
 ]>
@@ -423,9 +423,9 @@
     <title>PLUGINS</title>
     <para>
       This program will get a password by running a number of
-      <firstterm>plugins</firstterm>, which are simply executable
-      programs in a directory in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym>
-      disk environment.  The default directory is
+      <firstterm>plugins</firstterm>, which are executable programs in
+      a directory in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk
+      environment.  The default directory is
       <filename>/lib/mandos/plugins.d</filename>, but this can be
       changed with the <option>--plugin-dir</option> option.  The
       plugins are started in parallel, and the first plugin to output
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@
     <refsect2 id="writing_plugins">
       <title>WRITING PLUGINS</title>
       <para>
-	A plugin is simply a program which prints a password to its
-	standard output and then exits with a successful (zero) exit
-	status.  If the exit status is not zero, any output on
+	A plugin is an executable program which prints a password to
+	its standard output and then exits with a successful (zero)
+	exit status.  If the exit status is not zero, any output on
 	standard output will be ignored by the plugin runner.  Any
 	output on its standard error channel will simply be passed to
 	the standard error of the plugin runner, usually the system

=== modified file 'plugins.d/mandos-client.xml'
--- plugins.d/mandos-client.xml	2019-07-27 10:11:45 +0000
+++ plugins.d/mandos-client.xml	2024-09-08 00:08:15 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
 	"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 <!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
-<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-24">
+<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-10-21">
 <!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
 %common;
 ]>
@@ -196,13 +196,9 @@
     </para>
     <para>
       This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
-      to run as a plugin of the <application>Mandos</application>
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
-      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
-      specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
-      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
-      </citerefentry> file.
+      to be run by other programs in the initial
+      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment; see <xref
+      linkend="overview"/>.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
   
@@ -220,12 +216,10 @@
     <title>OPTIONS</title>
     <para>
       This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it
-      is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>
-      plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
-      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
-      </citerefentry>.  Any command line options this program accepts
-      are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not
-      directly.
+      is normally started by another program as described in <xref
+      linkend="description"/>.  Any command line options this program
+      accepts are therefore normally provided by the invoking program,
+      and not directly.
     </para>
     
     <variablelist>
@@ -482,24 +476,38 @@
     <title>OVERVIEW</title>
     <xi:include href="../overview.xml"/>
     <para>
-      This program is the client part.  It is a plugin started by
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> which will run in
-      an initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
+      This program is the client part.  It is run automatically in an
+      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      In an initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment using
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle>
+      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, this program is started
+      by the <application>Mandos</application> <citerefentry>
+      <refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
+      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which in turn is
+      started automatically by the <citerefentry>
+      <refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+      </citerefentry> <quote>Password Agent</quote> system.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      In the case of a non-<citerefentry>
+      <refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+      </citerefentry> environment, this program is started as a plugin
+      of the <application>Mandos</application> <citerefentry>
+      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
+      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which runs in the
+      initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment because it is
+      specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> in the <citerefentry>
+      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+      </citerefentry> file.
     </para>
     <para>
       This program could, theoretically, be used as a keyscript in
       <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
       impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
       the console, since this program does not read from the console
-      at all.  This is why a separate plugin runner (<citerefentry>
-      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is used to run
-      both this program and others in in parallel,
-      <emphasis>one</emphasis> of which (<citerefentry>
-      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) will prompt for
-      passwords on the system console.
+      at all.
     </para>
   </refsect1>
   
@@ -762,9 +770,8 @@
     <title>EXAMPLE</title>
     <para>
       Note that normally, command line options will not be given
-      directly, but via options for the Mandos <citerefentry
-      ><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
-      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+      directly, but passed on via the program responsible for starting
+      this program; see <xref linkend="overview"/>.
     </para>
     <informalexample>
       <para>
@@ -872,7 +879,7 @@
       <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
       <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-agent</refentrytitle>
       <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
       <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>