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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-31 08:47:38 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080831084738-uu70kayyt876982d
* mandos-keygen: Minor help text change.

* mandos-keygen.xml: Changed plural "keys" to singular "key"
                     throughout.
  (NAME): Improved wording.
  (DESCRIPTION): Improved wording.
  (OPTIONS): Split options in <term> tags into separate <term> tags.
             Use <option> tags.  Move long options before short
             options.  Uppercase replaceables.
  (OVERVIEW): Improved wording.
  (EXIT STATUS): Also cover --password option.
  (EXAMPLE): Add two examples using the --password option.
  (SECURITY): Improved wording.

* overview.xml: Improved wording.

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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-client">
 
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "plugin-runner">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-30">
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]>
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<refentry>
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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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>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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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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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      get password for encrypted rootdisk
 
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      Run Mandos plugins.  Pass data from first succesful one.
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--global-options<arg choice='plain'>OPTIONS</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--options-for<arg choice='plain'>PLUGIN:OPTIONS</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--disable<arg choice='plain'>PLUGIN</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--groupid<arg choice='plain'>ID</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--userid<arg choice='plain'>ID</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--plugin-dir<arg choice='plain'>DIRECTORY</arg></arg>
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      <arg choice='opt'>--debug</arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice='plain'>--usage</arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>    
 
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      <group rep="repeat">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--global-envs=<replaceable
 
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        >VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-e
 
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        <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >value</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group rep="repeat">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--envs-for=<replaceable
 
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        >PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
 
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f<replaceable>
 
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        PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
 
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >value</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group rep="repeat">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--global-options=<replaceable
 
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        >OPTIONS</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-g<replaceable>
 
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        OPTIONS</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group rep="repeat">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--options-for=<replaceable
 
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        >PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
 
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        >OPTIONS</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f<replaceable>
 
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        PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
 
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        >OPTIONS</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group rep="repeat">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--disable=<replaceable
 
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        >PLUGIN</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
 
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable> </option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--groupid=<replaceable
 
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      >ID</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--userid=<replaceable
 
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      >ID</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--plugin-dir=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group choice="req">
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>--help</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>-?</option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'><option>--usage</option></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>--version</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>-V</option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a plugin runner that waits
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      for any of its plugins to return sucessfull with a password, and
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      passes it to cryptsetup. plugins is defined as any executables
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      in the plugins directory will by default will be
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      /conf/conf.d/mandos/plugins.d.  to stdout.
 
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      passes it to cryptsetup as stdout message. This command is not
 
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      meant to be invoked directly, but is instead meant to be run by
 
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      cryptsetup by being specified in /etc/crypttab as a keyscript
 
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      and subsequlently started in the initrd environment. See
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more information on
 
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    </para>
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      plugins is looked for in the plugins directory which by default will be
 
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      /conf/conf.d/mandos/plugins.d if not changed by option --plugin-dir.
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><literal>-g</literal>,<literal>--global-options
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            Global options given to all plugins as additional start
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            arguments.  Options are specified with a -o flag followed
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            by a comma separated string of options.
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        </listitem>
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            Plugin specific options given to the plugin as additional
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          <para>
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            Group ID the plugins will run as
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            Specify a different plugin directory
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