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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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<!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 "password-request">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-03">
 
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
 
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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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    </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 mandos
 
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      Client for <application>Mandos</application>
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    </refpurpose>
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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>IPADDR</replaceable><literal>:</literal
 
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</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>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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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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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 recieved.
 
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      receives a satisfactory reply or a TERM signal is received.
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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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        >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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            Directory to read the OpenPGP key files
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            <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment).
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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            OpenPGP public key file base name.  This will be combined
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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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            OpenPGP public key file name.  The default name is
 
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            OpenPGP secret key file base name.  This will be combined
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            OpenPGP secret key file name.  The default name is
 
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      <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>, but it would then be
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