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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-30 11:31:37 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080830113137-v0inyj0limprzfwn
* mandos-options.xml (priority): Added <acronym> tags.

* mandos.xml (NAME): Improved wording.

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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 "password-prompt">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-02-10">
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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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<refentry>
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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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      <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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      <year>2019</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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        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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  <refmeta>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group choice="opt">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--prefix <replaceable
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-p <replaceable
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        >PREFIX</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-p </option><replaceable
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--prefix </option><replaceable
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        >PREFIX</replaceable></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg choice="opt"><option>--debug</option></arg>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-?</option></arg>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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      All <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> does is prompt for a
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
 
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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><option>--prefix=<replaceable
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        >PREFIX</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-p
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        <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-p</option> <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable
 
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            Prefix string shown before the password prompt.
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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.
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