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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-29 06:38:27 UTC
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* mandos.conf.xml: - '' -
* mandos.xml: - '' -
* plugin-runner.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-request.xml: - '' -

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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2014-06-22">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-29">
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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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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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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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        </address>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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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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      <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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      <para>
 
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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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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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    <para>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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    <variablelist>
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        <listitem>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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    <title>BUGS</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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        Normal invocation needs no options:
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      </para>
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      <para>
461
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
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        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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438
      <para>
466
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
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        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
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440
        overwriting old key files:
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442
      <para>
470
443
 
471
444
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
473
 
 
474
 
      </para>
475
 
    </informalexample>
476
 
    <informalexample>
477
 
      <para>
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        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
479
 
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
480
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
481
 
      </para>
482
 
      <para>
483
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
484
 
      </para>
485
 
    </informalexample>
486
 
    <informalexample>
487
 
      <para>
488
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
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        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
490
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
491
 
      </para>
492
 
      <para>
493
 
 
494
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
495
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
445
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
496
446
 
497
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      </para>
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448
    </informalexample>
499
449
  </refsect1>
500
 
  
 
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501
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
503
453
    <para>
504
454
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
505
455
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
506
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
507
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
456
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
457
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
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    </para>
509
459
    <para>
510
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
511
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
460
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
461
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
512
462
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
513
463
    </para>
514
464
  </refsect1>
515
 
  
 
465
 
516
466
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
517
467
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
518
468
    <para>
519
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
469
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
520
470
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
471
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
472
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
521
473
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
522
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
523
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
524
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
525
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
526
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
527
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
528
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
529
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
530
474
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
531
475
    </para>
532
476
  </refsect1>