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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-19 00:00:51 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080919000051-tgm5erxuj0zhs867
* debian/mandos-client.README.Debian: Document "eth0" default and how
                                      to change it.

* debian/mandos-client.postrm (update_initramfs): Use "type" instead
                                                  of "which".

* plugin-runner.c (handle_sigchld, print_out_password): Declared
                                                        static.

* plugin-runner.xml (SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS): Changed "VAR" to "ENV" in the
                                         "--global-env" option to be
                                         consistent with the
                                         "--env-for" option.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-04">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-12">
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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   <refentryinfo>
 
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  <refentryinfo>
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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>Mandos</productname>
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
 
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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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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--no-dbus</option></term>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="dbus"/>
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          <para>
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            See also <xref linkend="dbus_interface"/>.
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          </para>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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    </para>
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    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
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    <para>
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      The server will by default provide a D-Bus system bus interface.
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      This interface will only be accessible by the root user or a
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      Mandos-specific user, if such a user exists.
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      <!-- XXX -->
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--configdir</option> option to change where
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      Currently, if a client is declared <quote>invalid</quote> due to
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      having timed out, the server does not record this fact onto
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      permanent storage.  This has some security implications, see
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      <xref linkend="clients"/>.
 
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      <xref linkend="CLIENTS"/>.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      There is currently no way of querying the server of the current
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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      <title>SERVER</title>
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      <para>
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        Running this <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> server program
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        soon after startup.
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      </para>
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      <title>CLIENTS</title>
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        The server only gives out its stored data to clients which
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        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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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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      <para>
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        As detailed in <xref linkend="checking"/>, the status of all