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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-03 17:34:29 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080903173429-db2mjtddf7mgbx8z
* plugins.d/password-request.xml (OVERVIEW): Refer to
                                             password-prompt(8) by
                                             name.
  (SECURITY): Improved wording.  Add paragraph about insecurity of
              ping.
  (SEE ALSO): Add references to cryptsetup(8) and crypttab(5).
              Changed to be a <variablelist> and added text.

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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-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-06">
 
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "password-request">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-03">
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Client for <application>Mandos</application>
 
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      Client for mandos
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--connect
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
 
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        <replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-c
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable><literal>:</literal
 
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        <replaceable>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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        ><replaceable>PORT</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--keydir
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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      network connectivity, Zeroconf to find servers, and TLS with an
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      OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and confidentiality.  It
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      keeps running, trying all servers on the network, until it
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      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is received.
 
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      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is recieved.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--keydir=<replaceable
 
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        >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-d
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Directory to read the OpenPGP key files
 
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            <filename>pubkey.txt</filename> and
 
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            <filename>seckey.txt</filename> from.  The default is
 
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            <filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos</filename> (in the initial
 
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            <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment).
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--interface=
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-i
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            OpenPGP public key file name.  The default name is
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            <quote><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename
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            ></quote>.
 
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            OpenPGP public key file base name.  This will be combined
 
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            with the directory from the <option>--keydir</option>
 
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            option to form an absolute file name.  The default name is
 
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            <quote><literal>pubkey.txt</literal></quote>.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            OpenPGP secret key file name.  The default name is
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            <quote><filename>/conf/conf.d/mandos/seckey.txt</filename
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            ></quote>.
 
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            OpenPGP secret key file base name.  This will be combined
 
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            with the directory from the <option>--keydir</option>
 
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            option to form an absolute file name.  The default name is
 
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            <quote><literal>seckey.txt</literal></quote>.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
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      impossible to enter a password for the encrypted root disk at
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      the console, since this program does not read from the console
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      at all.  This is why a separate plugin runner (<citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) is used to run
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      both this program and others in in parallel,
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      <emphasis>one</emphasis> of which will prompt for passwords on
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      the system console.
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>) does that, which
 
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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      program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
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      error occurs.  Otherwise, it will forever connect to new
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      <application>Mandos</application> servers as they appear, trying
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      to get a decryptable password and print it.
 
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      to get a decryptable password.
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        Search for Mandos servers (and connect to them) using another
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        interface:
 
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        Search for Mandos servers on another interface:
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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        Run in debug mode, and use a custom key:
 
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        Run in debug mode, and use a custom key directory:
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      </para>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt</userinput>
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        Run in debug mode, with a custom key, and do not use Zeroconf
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        to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 address
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        Run in debug mode, with a custom key directory, and do not use
 
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        address <quote><systemitem class="ipaddress"
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        >2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672</systemitem></quote>,
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        port 4711, using interface eth2:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --connect 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --keydir keydir --connect 2001:db8:f983:bd0b:30de:ae4a:71f2:f672:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
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    </informalexample>