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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-03 19:13:50 UTC
  • mfrom: (24.1.83 mandos)
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080903191350-la2y2wuxt67xjslb
* mandos-keygen.xml (BUGS): Commented out.

* mandos.xml (BUGS): Note non-checking of expire time of OpenPGP keys.

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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 "2008-09-12">
 
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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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    </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>8mandos</manvolnum>
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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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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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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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      <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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      </group>
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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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      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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        <term><option>--keydir=<replaceable
 
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        >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>-d
 
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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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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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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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            OpenPGP public key file base name.  This will be combined
 
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            <quote><literal>pubkey.txt</literal></quote>.
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        <term><option>--seckey=<replaceable
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        >FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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            OpenPGP secret key file name.  The default name is
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                      xpointer="priority"/>
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        <term><option>--dh-bits=<replaceable
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        >BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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        <term><option>-V</option></term>
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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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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      <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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      <refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
 
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      program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
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        Run in debug mode, and use a custom key:
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt</userinput>
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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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