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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 "2016-03-05">
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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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      <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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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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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        for more details.
 
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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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      <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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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--port
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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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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</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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        <listitem>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="socket"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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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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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--no-zeroconf</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="zeroconf"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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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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    </tbody></tgroup></table>
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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>
422
 
  
423
 
  <refsect1 id="approval">
424
 
    <title>APPROVAL</title>
425
 
    <para>
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      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
427
 
      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.
433
 
    </para>
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    <para>
435
 
      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
437
 
      the server delay before giving a client its secret, allowing
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      optional manual denying of this specific client.
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    </para>
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441
 
  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="logging">
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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320
    <para>
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      The server will send log message with various severity levels to
447
 
      <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>
452
 
  
453
 
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
454
 
    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
455
 
    <para>
456
 
      Client settings, initially read from
457
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
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      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
459
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
460
 
      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
461
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
462
 
    </para>
463
 
  </refsect1>
464
 
  
465
 
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
466
 
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
467
 
    <para>
468
 
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
469
 
      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
470
 
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
471
 
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
472
 
    </para>
473
 
  </refsect1>
474
 
  
 
327
 
475
328
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
476
329
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
477
330
    <para>
479
332
      critical error is encountered.
480
333
    </para>
481
334
  </refsect1>
482
 
  
 
335
 
483
336
  <refsect1 id="environment">
484
337
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
485
338
    <variablelist>
486
339
      <varlistentry>
487
 
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
340
        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
488
341
        <listitem>
489
342
          <para>
490
343
            To start the configured checker (see <xref
499
352
      </varlistentry>
500
353
    </variablelist>
501
354
  </refsect1>
502
 
  
503
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
355
 
 
356
  <refsect1 id="file">
504
357
    <title>FILES</title>
505
358
    <para>
506
359
      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
529
382
        </listitem>
530
383
      </varlistentry>
531
384
      <varlistentry>
532
 
        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
533
 
        <listitem>
534
 
          <para>
535
 
            The file containing the process id of the
536
 
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
537
 
            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
538
 
            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
539
 
            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
540
 
            used instead.
541
 
          </para>
542
 
        </listitem>
543
 
      </varlistentry>
544
 
      <varlistentry>
545
 
        <term><filename
546
 
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
547
 
        <listitem>
548
 
          <para>
549
 
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
550
 
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
551
 
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
552
 
          </para>
553
 
        </listitem>
554
 
      </varlistentry>
555
 
      <varlistentry>
556
 
        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
 
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>.
 
390
          </para>
 
391
        </listitem>
 
392
      </varlistentry>
 
393
      <varlistentry>
 
394
        <term><filename>/dev/log</filename></term>
557
395
        <listitem>
558
396
          <para>
559
397
            The Unix domain socket to where local syslog messages are
582
420
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
583
421
    </para>
584
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>
585
434
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
586
435
    </para>
587
436
    <para>
588
 
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
589
 
      keys.
590
 
    </para>
591
 
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
 
437
      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
 
438
    </para>
 
439
    <para>
 
440
      The console log messages does not show a timestamp.
 
441
    </para>
592
442
  </refsect1>
593
443
  
594
444
  <refsect1 id="example">
604
454
    <informalexample>
605
455
      <para>
606
456
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
607
 
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
608
 
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
609
 
        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:
610
460
      </para>
611
461
      <para>
612
462
 
628
478
      </para>
629
479
    </informalexample>
630
480
  </refsect1>
631
 
  
 
481
 
632
482
  <refsect1 id="security">
633
483
    <title>SECURITY</title>
634
 
    <refsect2 id="server">
 
484
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
635
485
      <title>SERVER</title>
636
486
      <para>
637
487
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
638
488
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
639
 
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
640
 
        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.
641
491
      </para>
642
492
    </refsect2>
643
 
    <refsect2 id="clients">
 
493
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
644
494
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
645
495
      <para>
646
496
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
653
503
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
654
504
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
655
505
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
656
 
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
 
506
        except the user running the server.
657
507
      </para>
658
508
      <para>
659
509
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
661
511
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
662
512
      </para>
663
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>
664
530
        For more details on client-side security, see
665
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
531
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
666
532
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
667
533
      </para>
668
534
    </refsect2>
669
535
  </refsect1>
670
 
  
 
536
 
671
537
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
672
538
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
673
539
    <para>
674
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
675
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
676
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
677
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
678
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
679
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
680
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
681
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
682
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
683
 
      <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>
684
549
    </para>
685
550
    <variablelist>
686
551
      <varlistentry>
707
572
      </varlistentry>
708
573
      <varlistentry>
709
574
        <term>
710
 
          <ulink url="http://gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
 
575
          <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
 
576
          >GnuTLS</ulink>
711
577
        </term>
712
578
      <listitem>
713
579
        <para>
751
617
      </varlistentry>
752
618
      <varlistentry>
753
619
        <term>
754
 
          RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
755
 
          Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
 
620
          RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
 
621
          Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle>
756
622
        </term>
757
623
      <listitem>
758
624
        <para>
759
 
          TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
 
625
          TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
760
626
        </para>
761
627
      </listitem>
762
628
      </varlistentry>
772
638
      </varlistentry>
773
639
      <varlistentry>
774
640
        <term>
775
 
          RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
776
 
          Security (TLS) Authentication</citetitle>
 
641
          RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
 
642
          Security</citetitle>
777
643
        </term>
778
644
      <listitem>
779
645
        <para>
785
651
    </variablelist>
786
652
  </refsect1>
787
653
</refentry>
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