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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 "2013-10-20">
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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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  <refentryinfo>
 
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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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      </author>
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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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      <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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        later version.
 
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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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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
 
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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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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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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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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--priority
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      <replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--servicename
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      <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--configdir
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--foreground</option></arg>
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
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      <varlistentry>
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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>
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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>
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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>
413
 
    <para>
414
 
      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>
419
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
420
 
      will be approved immediately without delay.
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    </para>
422
 
    <para>
423
 
      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
426
 
      optional manual denying of this specific client.
427
 
    </para>
428
 
    
429
 
  </refsect1>
430
 
  
 
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431
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
433
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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,
437
324
      and also show them on the console.
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    </para>
439
326
  </refsect1>
440
 
  
441
 
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
442
 
    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
443
 
    <para>
444
 
      Client settings, initially read from
445
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
446
 
      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
447
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
448
 
      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
450
 
    </para>
451
 
  </refsect1>
452
 
  
453
 
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
454
 
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
455
 
    <para>
456
 
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
457
 
      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
458
 
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
459
 
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
462
 
  
 
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463
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
465
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    <para>
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      critical error is encountered.
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    </para>
469
334
  </refsect1>
470
 
  
 
335
 
471
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
473
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    <variablelist>
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339
      <varlistentry>
475
 
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
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        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
476
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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>
490
 
  
491
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
355
 
 
356
  <refsect1 id="file">
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    <title>FILES</title>
493
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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>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
522
 
          <para>
523
 
            The file containing the process id of the
524
 
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
525
 
          </para>
526
 
        </listitem>
527
 
      </varlistentry>
528
 
      <varlistentry>
529
 
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
530
 
      </varlistentry>
531
 
      <varlistentry>
532
 
        <term><filename
533
 
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
534
 
        <listitem>
535
 
          <para>
536
 
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
537
 
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
538
 
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
 
385
        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
386
        <listitem>
 
387
          <para>
 
388
            The file containing the process id of
 
389
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
539
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          </para>
540
391
        </listitem>
541
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      </varlistentry>
569
420
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
570
421
    </para>
571
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>
572
434
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
573
435
    </para>
574
436
    <para>
575
 
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
576
 
      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.
577
441
    </para>
578
442
  </refsect1>
579
443
  
590
454
    <informalexample>
591
455
      <para>
592
456
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
593
 
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
594
 
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
595
 
        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:
596
460
      </para>
597
461
      <para>
598
462
 
614
478
      </para>
615
479
    </informalexample>
616
480
  </refsect1>
617
 
  
 
481
 
618
482
  <refsect1 id="security">
619
483
    <title>SECURITY</title>
620
 
    <refsect2 id="server">
 
484
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
621
485
      <title>SERVER</title>
622
486
      <para>
623
487
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
624
488
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
625
 
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
626
 
        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.
627
491
      </para>
628
492
    </refsect2>
629
 
    <refsect2 id="clients">
 
493
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
630
494
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
631
495
      <para>
632
496
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
639
503
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
640
504
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
641
505
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
642
 
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
 
506
        except the user running the server.
643
507
      </para>
644
508
      <para>
645
509
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
647
511
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
648
512
      </para>
649
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>
650
530
        For more details on client-side security, see
651
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
531
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
652
532
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
653
533
      </para>
654
534
    </refsect2>
655
535
  </refsect1>
656
 
  
 
536
 
657
537
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
658
538
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
659
539
    <para>
660
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
661
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
662
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
663
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
664
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
665
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
666
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
667
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
668
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
669
 
      <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>
670
549
    </para>
671
550
    <variablelist>
672
551
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772
651
    </variablelist>
773
652
  </refsect1>
774
653
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