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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-30 18:45:41 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080830184541-j8zru4q0rlz5a0hw
* mandos-clients.conf.xml (SYNOPSIS): Remove line breaks.
  (OPTIONS): Add <option> tags.  Moved option name to outside
             <literal>.  Moved synopsis to inside <term> tags.
             Removed <synopsis> tags.  Improve wording of "secfile"
             option.
  (EXPANSION): Improved wording slightly.

* mandos-options.xml (interface): Improve wording.

* mandos.conf.xml (SYNOPSIS): Remove line breaks.
  (OPTIONS): Add <option> tags.  Moved option name to outside
             <literal>.  Moved synopsis to inside <term> tags.
             Removed <synopsis> tags.

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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 "2008-09-06">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-30">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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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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      <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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  <refmeta>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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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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      </group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--address
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--port
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        <replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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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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      <arg><option>--configdir
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg>--port<arg choice="plain">PORT</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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    <title>PURPOSE</title>
 
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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
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