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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-01">

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<title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>

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<title>Mandos Manual</title>

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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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<firstname>Björn</firstname>

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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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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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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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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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<xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>

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<refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>

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Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients

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Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients

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<arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>

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<arg>--priority<arg choice="plain">PRIORITY</arg></arg>

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<arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>

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<arg>--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>

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<arg>--debug</arg>

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<arg>--servicename<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>

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<arg>--configdir<arg choice="plain">DIRECTORY</arg></arg>

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<arg>--debug</arg>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--interface

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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i

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<sbr/>

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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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<arg choice="plain"><option>-a

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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>

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</group>

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<sbr/>

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<sbr/>

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<arg><option>--priority

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<replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>

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<sbr/>

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<sbr/>

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<arg><option>--configdir

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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>

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<sbr/>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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<arg choice="plain">--check</arg>

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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref

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linkend="overview"/> for details.

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<title>OPTIONS</title>

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IF</replaceable></literal></term>

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Only announce the server and listen to requests on network

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interface <replaceable>IF</replaceable>. Default is to

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use all available interfaces. <emphasis>Note:</emphasis>

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a failure to bind to the specified interface is not

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considered critical, and the server does not exit.

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</para>

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<term><literal>-a</literal>, <literal>--address <replaceable>

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ADDRESS</replaceable></literal></term>

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If this option is used, the server will only listen to a

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specific address. This must currently be an IPv6 address;

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an IPv4 address can be specified using the

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<quote><literal>::FFFF:192.0.2.3</literal></quote> syntax.

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Also, if a link-local address is specified, an interface

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should be set, since a link-local address is only valid on

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a single interface. By default, the server will listen to

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all available addresses.

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PORT</replaceable></literal></term>

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If this option is used, the server to bind to that

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port. By default, the server will listen to an arbitrary

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port given by the operating system.

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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>

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<term><option>--check</option></term>

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<term><literal>--debug</literal></term>

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foreground and print a lot of debugging information. The

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default is <emphasis>not</emphasis> to run in debug mode.

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PRIORITY</replaceable></literal></term>

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clients. The default is

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<quote><literal>SECURE256:!CTYPE-X.509:+CTYPE-OPENPGP</literal></quote>.

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</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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for the syntax. <emphasis>Warning</emphasis>: changing

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with clients impossible.

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</literal></term>

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<quote><literal>Mandos</literal></quote>. This only needs

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to be changed this if it, for some reason, is necessary to

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run more than one server on the same

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<emphasis>host</emphasis>, which would not normally be

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useful. If there are name collisions on the same

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<emphasis>network</emphasis>, the newer server will

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automatically rename itself to <quote><literal>Mandos

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#2</literal></quote>, and so on; therefore, this option is

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not needed in that case.

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<title>OVERVIEW</title>

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&OVERVIEW;

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This program is the server part. It is a normal server program

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RAM disk environment.

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<acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.

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longer eligible to receive the encrypted password. The timeout,

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checker program, and interval between checks can be configured

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both globally and per client; see <citerefentry>

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<refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>

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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.

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<title>LOGGING</title>

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The server will send log messaged with various severity levels

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to <filename>/dev/log</filename>. With the

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<filename>/dev/log</filename>. With the

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<option>--debug</option> option, it will log even more messages,

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To start the configured checker (see <xref

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fake Mandos client with the keys from the non-encrypted

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initial RAM image of the client host. What should be done in

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necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the

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really is necessary) is to stop the server program, edit the

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configuration file to omit any suspect clients, and restart

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Unicast Addresses</citation>

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brought up.

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