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* mandos-clients.conf.xml (SEE ALSO): Alphabetized, as per
                                      man-pages(7).
* mandos-keygen.xml: - '' -
* mandos.conf.xml: - '' -
* mandos.xml: - '' -
* plugin-runner.xml: - '' -
* plugins.d/password-request.xml (SEE ALSO): Changed from an
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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 "2013-10-26">
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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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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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   <refentryinfo>
 
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</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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    <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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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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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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    <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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        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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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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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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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></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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    <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>
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    <para>
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      The server can be configured to require manual approval for a
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      client before it is sent its secret.  The delay to wait for such
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      approval and the default action (approve or deny) can be
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      configured both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  By default all clients
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      will be approved immediately without delay.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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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 id="persistent_state">
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    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
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    <para>
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      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
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, this will take precedence.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="dbus_interface">
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    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
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      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
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      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.  For documentation
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      of the D-Bus API, see the file <filename>DBUS-API</filename>.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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      critical error is encountered.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><envar>PATH</envar></term>
 
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        <term><varname>PATH</varname></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            To start the configured checker (see <xref
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="files">
 
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename>/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            The file containing the process id of the
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
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            <emphasis >Note:</emphasis> If the <filename
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            class="directory">/run</filename> directory does not
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            exist, <filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename> will be
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            used instead.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename class="devicefile">/dev/log</filename></term>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename
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        class="directory">/var/lib/mandos</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Directory where persistent state will be saved.  Change
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            this with the <option>--statedir</option> option.  See
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            also the <option>--no-restore</option> option.
 
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      backtrace.  This could be considered a feature.
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    </para>
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    <para>
 
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      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
 
426
      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
 
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      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
 
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      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
 
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    </para>
 
430
    <para>
 
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      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
 
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      status of clients, other than analyzing its <systemitem
 
433
      class="service">syslog</systemitem> output.
 
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    </para>
 
435
    <para>
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      There is no fine-grained control over logging and debug output.
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    </para>
579
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    <para>
580
 
      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
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      keys.
 
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      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
 
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    </para>
 
441
    <para>
 
442
      The console log messages does not show a timestamp.
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    </para>
583
444
  </refsect1>
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    <informalexample>
596
457
      <para>
597
458
        Run the server in debug mode, read configuration files from
598
 
        the <filename class="directory">~/mandos</filename> directory,
599
 
        and use the Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not
600
 
        collide with any other official Mandos server on this host:
 
459
        the <filename>~/mandos</filename> directory, and use the
 
460
        Zeroconf service name <quote>Test</quote> to not collide with
 
461
        any other official Mandos server on this host:
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      </para>
602
463
      <para>
603
464
 
619
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      </para>
620
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    </informalexample>
621
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  </refsect1>
622
 
  
 
483
 
623
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
625
 
    <refsect2 id="server">
 
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    <refsect2 id="SERVER">
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      <title>SERVER</title>
627
488
      <para>
628
489
        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
629
490
        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
630
 
        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
631
 
        soon after startup.
 
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        computer running it.  The program does not need any special
 
492
        privileges to run, and is designed to run as a non-root user.
632
493
      </para>
633
494
    </refsect2>
634
 
    <refsect2 id="clients">
 
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    <refsect2 id="CLIENTS">
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496
      <title>CLIENTS</title>
636
497
      <para>
637
498
        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
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505
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
645
506
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
646
507
        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
647
 
        except the user starting the server (usually root).
 
508
        except the user running the server.
648
509
      </para>
649
510
      <para>
650
511
        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all
652
513
        compromised if they are gone for too long.
653
514
      </para>
654
515
      <para>
 
516
        If a client is compromised, its downtime should be duly noted
 
517
        by the server which would therefore declare the client
 
518
        invalid.  But if the server was ever restarted, it would
 
519
        re-read its client list from its configuration file and again
 
520
        regard all clients therein as valid, and hence eligible to
 
521
        receive their passwords.  Therefore, be careful when
 
522
        restarting servers if it is suspected that a client has, in
 
523
        fact, been compromised by parties who may now be running a
 
524
        fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted
 
525
        initial RAM image of the client host.  What should be done in
 
526
        that case (if restarting the server program really is
 
527
        necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the
 
528
        configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart
 
529
        the server program.
 
530
      </para>
 
531
      <para>
655
532
        For more details on client-side security, see
656
 
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
533
        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
657
534
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
658
535
      </para>
659
536
    </refsect2>
660
537
  </refsect1>
661
 
  
 
538
 
662
539
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
663
540
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
664
541
    <para>
665
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
666
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
667
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
668
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
669
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
670
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
671
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
672
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
673
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle>
674
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
542
      <citerefentry>
 
543
        <refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
 
544
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
545
        <refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
546
        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
547
        <refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
548
        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
 
549
        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 
550
      </citerefentry>
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551
    </para>
676
552
    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>