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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-24 23:12:49 UTC
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-20">
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]>
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<refentry>
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh's docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
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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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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
 
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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        later version.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        for more details.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        License along with this program; If not, see
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir</option>
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type</option>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--email</option>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--expire</option>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
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      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
 
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