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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-03 17:11:32 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080903171132-usevhlf0gi9rxqc3
* plugins.d/password-request.c (init_gnutls_global): Improved wording
                                                     in debug message.
                                                     Bug fix: Make
                                                     debug message
                                                     print to stderr,
                                                     not stdout.

* plugins.d/password-request.xml (SECURITY): Add text.

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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 "2008-09-21">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-02">
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--check</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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        PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--servicename
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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                      xpointer="servicename"/>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--configdir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
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      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="protocol">
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    <title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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    <para>
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      </row>
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    </tbody></tgroup></table>
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    <title>CHECKING</title>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    <title>LOGGING</title>
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      and also show them on the console.
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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      critical error is encountered.
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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  <refsect1 id="file">
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    <title>FILES</title>
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
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            The file containing the process id of
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      Debug mode is conflated with running in the foreground.
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    </para>
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      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
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        should not in itself present any security risk to the host
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        computer running it.  The program switches to a non-root user
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        computer running it.  The program does not need any special
 
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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
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        <emphasis>must</emphasis> be made non-readable by anyone
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      </para>
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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        <refentrytitle>sh</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>