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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-02 13:04:42 UTC
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* plugin-runner.xml (PLUGINS/WRITING PLUGINS): New section.
  (BUGS): Commented out.  There are no bugs.
  (EXAMPLE): Added lots of examples.
  (SECURITY): Added text.
  (SEE ALSO): Added "crypttab(5)" and "execve(2)".

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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">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-01">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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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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      <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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        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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        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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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
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