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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-31 13:55:04 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080831135504-2ka1cccglsghslxy
* plugin-runner.xml (/refentry/refentryinfo/copyright): Split
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* plugins.d/password-request.xml (/refentry/refentryinfo/copyright):
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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2013-10-22">
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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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    <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>2011</year>
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      <year>2012</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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      <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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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group choice="req">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--password</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-p</option></arg>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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      OpenPGP key used by
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The key is
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      normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the
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      initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be changed
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename> (see
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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