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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 "2018-02-08">
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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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      <year>2017</year>
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      <year>2018</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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        for more details.
 
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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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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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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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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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--servicename
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      <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></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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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</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>--socket
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        <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></term>
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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 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>
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  <refsect1 id="approval">
426
 
    <title>APPROVAL</title>
427
 
    <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>
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      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.
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    </para>
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  </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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455
 
  <refsect1 id="persistent_state">
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    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
457
 
    <para>
458
 
      Client settings, initially read from
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
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      restarts, and run-time changes will override settings in
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
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      <emphasis>changed</emphasis> (or a client added, or removed) in
463
 
      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
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    </para>
465
 
  </refsect1>
466
 
  
467
 
  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
468
 
    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
469
 
    <para>
470
 
      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
471
 
      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
472
 
      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
473
 
      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
474
 
    </para>
475
 
  </refsect1>
476
 
  
 
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477
328
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
478
329
    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
479
330
    <para>
481
332
      critical error is encountered.
482
333
    </para>
483
334
  </refsect1>
484
 
  
 
335
 
485
336
  <refsect1 id="environment">
486
337
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
487
338
    <variablelist>
488
339
      <varlistentry>
489
 
        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
340
        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
490
341
        <listitem>
491
342
          <para>
492
343
            To start the configured checker (see <xref
501
352
      </varlistentry>
502
353
    </variablelist>
503
354
  </refsect1>
504
 
  
505
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
355
 
 
356
  <refsect1 id="file">
506
357
    <title>FILES</title>
507
358
    <para>
508
359
      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
531
382
        </listitem>
532
383
      </varlistentry>
533
384
      <varlistentry>
534
 
        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
535
 
        <listitem>
536
 
          <para>
537
 
            The file containing the process id of the
538
 
            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
539
 
            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
540
 
            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
541
 
            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
542
 
            used instead.
543
 
          </para>
544
 
        </listitem>
545
 
      </varlistentry>
546
 
      <varlistentry>
547
 
        <term><filename
548
 
        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
549
 
        <listitem>
550
 
          <para>
551
 
            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
552
 
            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
553
 
            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
554
 
          </para>
555
 
        </listitem>
556
 
      </varlistentry>
557
 
      <varlistentry>
558
 
        <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>
559
395
        <listitem>
560
396
          <para>
561
397
            The Unix domain socket to where local syslog messages are
584
420
      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
585
421
    </para>
586
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>
587
434
      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
588
435
    </para>
589
436
    <para>
590
 
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
591
 
      keys.
592
 
    </para>
593
 
    <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>
594
442
  </refsect1>
595
443
  
596
444
  <refsect1 id="example">
606
454
    <informalexample>
607
455
      <para>
608
456
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
609
 
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
610
 
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
611
 
        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:
612
460
      </para>
613
461
      <para>
614
462
 
630
478
      </para>
631
479
    </informalexample>
632
480
  </refsect1>
633
 
  
 
481
 
634
482
  <refsect1 id="security">
635
483
    <title>SECURITY</title>
636
 
    <refsect2 id="server">
 
484
    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
637
485
      <title>SERVER</title>
638
486
      <para>
639
487
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
640
488
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
641
 
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
642
 
        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.
643
491
      </para>
644
492
    </refsect2>
645
 
    <refsect2 id="clients">
 
493
    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
646
494
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
647
495
      <para>
648
496
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
655
503
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
656
504
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
657
505
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
658
 
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
 
506
        except the user running the server.
659
507
      </para>
660
508
      <para>
661
509
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
663
511
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
664
512
      </para>
665
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>
666
530
        For more details on client-side security, see
667
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
531
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
668
532
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
669
533
      </para>
670
534
    </refsect2>
671
535
  </refsect1>
672
 
  
 
536
 
673
537
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
674
538
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
675
539
    <para>
676
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
677
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
678
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
679
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
680
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
681
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
682
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
683
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
684
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
685
 
      <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>
686
549
    </para>
687
550
    <variablelist>
688
551
      <varlistentry>
709
572
      </varlistentry>
710
573
      <varlistentry>
711
574
        <term>
712
 
          <ulink url="https://gnutls.org/">GnuTLS</ulink>
 
575
          <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/"
 
576
          >GnuTLS</ulink>
713
577
        </term>
714
578
      <listitem>
715
579
        <para>
753
617
      </varlistentry>
754
618
      <varlistentry>
755
619
        <term>
756
 
          RFC 5246: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
757
 
          Protocol Version 1.2</citetitle>
 
620
          RFC 4346: <citetitle>The Transport Layer Security (TLS)
 
621
          Protocol Version 1.1</citetitle>
758
622
        </term>
759
623
      <listitem>
760
624
        <para>
761
 
          TLS 1.2 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
 
625
          TLS 1.1 is the protocol implemented by GnuTLS.
762
626
        </para>
763
627
      </listitem>
764
628
      </varlistentry>
774
638
      </varlistentry>
775
639
      <varlistentry>
776
640
        <term>
777
 
          RFC 6091: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
778
 
          Security (TLS) Authentication</citetitle>
 
641
          RFC 5081: <citetitle>Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer
 
642
          Security</citetitle>
779
643
        </term>
780
644
      <listitem>
781
645
        <para>
787
651
    </variablelist>
788
652
  </refsect1>
789
653
</refentry>
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