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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-29 05:53:59 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080829055359-wkdasnyxtylmnxus
* mandos.xml (EXAMPLE): Replaced all occurences of command name with
                        "&COMMANDNAME;".

* plugins.d/password-prompt.c (main): Improved some documentation
                                      strings.  Do perror() of
                                      tcgetattr() fails.  Add debug
                                      output if interrupted by signal.
                                      Loop over write() instead of
                                      using fwrite() when outputting
                                      password.  Add debug output if
                                      getline() returns 0, unless it
                                      was caused by a signal.  Add
                                      exit status code to debug
                                      output.

* plugins.d/password-prompt.xml: Changed all single quotes to double
                                 quotes for consistency.  Removed
                                 <?xml-stylesheet>.
  (ENTITY TIMESTAMP): New.  Automatically updated by Emacs time-stamp
                      by using Emacs local variables.
  (/refentry/refentryinfo/title): Changed to "Mandos Manual".
  (/refentry/refentryinfo/productname): Changed to "Mandos".
  (/refentry/refentryinfo/date): New; set to "&TIMESTAMP;".
  (/refentry/refentryinfo/copyright): Split copyright holders.
  (/refentry/refnamediv/refpurpose): Improved wording.
  (SYNOPSIS): Fix to use correct markup.  Add short options.
  (DESCRIPTION, OPTIONS): Improved wording.
  (OPTIONS): Improved wording.  Use more correct markup.  Document
             short options.
  (EXIT STATUS): Add text.
  (ENVIRONMENT): Document use of "cryptsource" and "crypttarget".
  (FILES): REMOVED.
  (BUGS): Add text.
  (EXAMPLE): Added some examples.
  (SECURITY): Added text.
  (SEE ALSO): Remove reference to mandos(8).  Add reference to
              crypttab(5).

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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 "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-06-17">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</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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    <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@recompile.se</email>
 
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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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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      <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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        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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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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      <arg><option>--priority
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      <replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
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        <term><option>--foreground</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
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                      xpointer="foreground"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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    <para>
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      This program is the server part.  It is a normal server program
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      and will run in a normal system environment, not in an initial
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      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
 
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      RAM disk environment.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="protocol">
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    <title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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    <para>
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  <refsect1 id="checking">
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will, by default, continually check that the clients
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      are still up.  If a client has not been confirmed as being up
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      for some time, the client is assumed to be compromised and is no
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  (Manual
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      intervention is required to re-enable a client.)  The timeout,
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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
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      can be configured both globally and per client; see
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      longer eligible to receive the encrypted password.  The timeout,
 
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      checker program, and interval between checks can be configured
 
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      both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="approval">
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    <title>APPROVAL</title>
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    <para>
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      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
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      client before it is sent its secret.  The delay to wait for such
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      approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
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      configured both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
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      will be approved immediately without delay.
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    </para>
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    <para>
422
 
      This can be used to deny a client its secret if not manually
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      approved within a specified time.  It can also be used to make
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      the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
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      optional manual denying of this specific client.
426
 
    </para>
427
 
    
428
 
  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will send log message with various severity levels to
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      <filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename>.  With the
 
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      <filename>/dev/log</filename>.  With the
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      <option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,
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      and also show them on the console.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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440
 
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
441
 
    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
442
 
    <para>
443
 
      Client settings, initially read from
444
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
445
 
      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
446
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
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      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
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    </para>
450
 
  </refsect1>
451
 
  
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  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
453
 
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
454
 
    <para>
455
 
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
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      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
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      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
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      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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      critical error is encountered.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
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        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            To start the configured checker (see <xref
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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490
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            The file containing the process id of the
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
524
 
          </para>
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        </listitem>
526
 
      </varlistentry>
527
 
      <varlistentry>
528
 
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
529
 
      </varlistentry>
530
 
      <varlistentry>
531
 
        <term><filename
532
 
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
533
 
        <listitem>
534
 
          <para>
535
 
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
536
 
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
537
 
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
 
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
386
        <listitem>
 
387
          <para>
 
388
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
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          </para>
539
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
569
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    </para>
570
422
    <para>
 
423
      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
 
424
      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
 
425
      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
 
426
      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
 
427
    </para>
 
428
    <para>
 
429
      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
 
430
      status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
 
431
      class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
 
432
    </para>
 
433
    <para>
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      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
572
435
    </para>
573
436
    <para>
574
 
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
575
 
      keys.
 
437
      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
 
438
    </para>
 
439
    <para>
 
440
      The console log messages does not show a timestamp.
576
441
    </para>
577
442
  </refsect1>
578
443
  
589
454
    <informalexample>
590
455
      <para>
591
456
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
592
 
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
593
 
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
594
 
        collide with any other official Mandos server on this host:
 
457
        the <filename>~/mandos</filename> directory, and use the
 
458
        Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not collide with
 
459
        any other official Mandos server on this host:
595
460
      </para>
596
461
      <para>
597
462
 
613
478
      </para>
614
479
    </informalexample>
615
480
  </refsect1>
616
 
  
 
481
 
617
482
  <refsect1 id="security">
618
483
    <title>SECURITY</title>
619
 
    <refsect2 id="server">
 
484
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
620
485
      <title>SERVER</title>
621
486
      <para>
622
487
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
623
488
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
624
 
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
625
 
        soon after startup.
 
489
        computer running it.  The program does not need any special
 
490
        privileges to run, and is designed to run as a non-root user.
626
491
      </para>
627
492
    </refsect2>
628
 
    <refsect2 id="clients">
 
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    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
629
494
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
630
495
      <para>
631
496
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
638
503
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
639
504
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
640
505
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
641
 
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
 
506
        except the user running the server.
642
507
      </para>
643
508
      <para>
644
509
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
646
511
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
647
512
      </para>
648
513
      <para>
 
514
        If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
 
515
        by the server which would therefore declare the client
 
516
        invalid.  But if the server was ever restarted, it would
 
517
        re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
 
518
        regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
 
519
        receive their passwords.  Therefore, be careful when
 
520
        restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
 
521
        fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
 
522
        fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
 
523
        initial RAM image of the client host.  What should be done in
 
524
        that case (if restarting the server program really is
 
525
        necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
 
526
        configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
 
527
        the server program.
 
528
      </para>
 
529
      <para>
649
530
        For more details on client-side security, see
650
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
531
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
651
532
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
652
533
      </para>
653
534
    </refsect2>
654
535
  </refsect1>
655
 
  
 
536
 
656
537
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
657
538
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
658
539
    <para>
659
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
660
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
661
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
662
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
663
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
664
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
665
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
666
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
667
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
668
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
540
      <citerefentry>
 
541
        <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
542
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
543
        <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
544
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
545
        <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
546
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
547
        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 
548
      </citerefentry>
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549
    </para>
670
550
    <variablelist>
671
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771
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    </variablelist>
772
652
  </refsect1>
773
653
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