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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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<?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 "2018-02-08">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-31">
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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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      <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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    </legalnotice>
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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      All <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> does is prompt for a
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      password and output any given password to standard output.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
 
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      password and output any given password to standard output.  This
 
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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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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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        <listitem>
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            Prefix string shown before the password prompt.
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        <term><option>-?</option></term>
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        <term><option>--help</option></term>
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        <term><option>-V</option></term>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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            Prints the program version.
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</envar></term>
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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_NAME</envar></term>
 
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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>
 
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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to
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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will
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          normally have inherited them from
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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the
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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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  <refsect1 id="example">
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      <para>
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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,