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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2024-11-03 16:01:18 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20241103160118-74csxmbgidxt9cx6
Make binary directory configurable

Reportedly, Arch Linux uses /bin for all binaries, not /sbin.
Therefore, make binary directory configurable.

From: Erich Eckner <mandos@eckner.net>
Signed-off-by: Teddy Hogeborn <teddy@recompile.se>

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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 COMMANDNAME "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-30">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2023-04-30">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@recompile.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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@recompile.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>2015</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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      <arg><option>--plugin-dir=<replaceable
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--plugin-helper-dir=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--config-file=<replaceable
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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            Disable the plugin named
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            <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>.  The plugin will not be
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            started.
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          </para>       
 
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--plugin-helper-dir
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Specify a different plugin helper directory.  The default
 
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            is <filename>/lib/mandos/plugin-helpers</filename>, which
 
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            will exist in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk
 
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            environment.  (This will simply be passed to all plugins
 
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            via the <envar>MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR</envar> environment
 
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            variable.  See <xref linkend="writing_plugins"/>)
 
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        <term><option>--config-file
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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    <title>PLUGINS</title>
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    <para>
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      This program will get a password by running a number of
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      <firstterm>plugins</firstterm>, which are simply executable
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      programs in a directory in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym>
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      disk environment.  The default directory is
 
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      <firstterm>plugins</firstterm>, which are executable programs in
 
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      a directory in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk
 
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      environment.  The default directory is
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      <filename>/lib/mandos/plugins.d</filename>, but this can be
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      changed with the <option>--plugin-dir</option> option.  The
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      plugins are started in parallel, and the first plugin to output
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      <title>WRITING PLUGINS</title>
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      <para>
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        A plugin is simply a program which prints a password to its
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        standard output and then exits with a successful (zero) exit
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        status.  If the exit status is not zero, any output on
 
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        A plugin is an executable program which prints a password to
 
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        exit status.  If the exit status is not zero, any output on
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        standard output will be ignored by the plugin runner.  Any
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        output on its standard error channel will simply be passed to
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        the standard error of the plugin runner, usually the system
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      <para>
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        The plugin will run in the initial RAM disk environment, so
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        care must be taken not to depend on any files or running
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        services not available there.
 
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        services not available there.  Any helper executables required
 
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        by the plugin (which are not in the <envar>PATH</envar>) can
 
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        <envar>MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR</envar> environment variable.
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        The plugin must exit cleanly and free all allocated resources
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      <option>--global-env</option> and <option>--env-for</option>
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          <term><filename class="directory"
 
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          >/lib/mandos/plugins.d</filename></term>
 
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              The default plugin directory; can be changed by the
 
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              <option>--plugin-dir</option> option.
 
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      </variablelist>
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        <citerefentry><refentrytitle >mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> plugin:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=mandos-client:--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt,--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</userinput>
 
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<userinput>cd /etc/keys/mandos; &COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mandos/plugins.d --plugin-helper-dir /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mandos/plugin-helpers --options-for=mandos-client:--pubkey=pubkey.txt,&#x200b;--seckey=seckey.txt,&#x200b;--tls-pubkey=tls-pubkey.pem,&#x200b;--tls-privkey=tls-privkey.pem</userinput>
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>