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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-09-30 03:19:39 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080930031939-t72se4dhr632o9ct
* Makefile: Add HTML rules for manual pages.
  (DOCBOOKTOHTML, HTMLPOST): New commands.
  (htmldocs): New file list.
  (html, install-html): New targets.
  (.PHONY, clean): Added "html".

* README (The Plugin System): New section; describe plugin system.

* debian/control (Uploaders): New field.

* mandos-options.xml (servicename): Improve wording.

* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (SECURITY): Improve wording.

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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-02">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-19">
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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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      Run Mandos plugins.  Pass data from first succesful one.
 
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      Run Mandos plugins, pass data from first to succeed.
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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 rep="repeat">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--global-env=<replaceable
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        >VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-G
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        <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable> </option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program which is meant to
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      be specified as <quote>keyscript</quote> in <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the root disk.  The
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      aim of this program is therefore to output a password, which
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      then <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
 
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      be specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> for the root disk in
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The aim of this
 
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      program is therefore to output a password, which then
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use to unlock the
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      root disk.
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    </para>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--global-env
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-G
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--disable
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>--enable
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        <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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            Re-enable the plugin named
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            <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>.  This is only useful to
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            undo a previous <option>--disable</option> option, maybe
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            from the configuration file.
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          </para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--groupid
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        <replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>--userid
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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      code will make this plugin-runner output the password from that
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      <title>WRITING PLUGINS</title>
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        console.
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      </para>
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      only passes on its environment to all the plugins.  The
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