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plugins.d/password-prompt.xml

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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 "password-prompt">

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-08-31">

 

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-07-20">

 

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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">

 

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%common;

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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>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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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>

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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>

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        <address>

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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

 

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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>

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        </address>

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      </author>

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      <author>

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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>

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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>

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        <address>

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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

 

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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>

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        </address>

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      </author>

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    </authorgroup>

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    <copyright>

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      <year>2008</year>

 

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      <year>2009</year>

 

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      <year>2010</year>

 

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      <year>2011</year>

 

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      <year>2012</year>

 

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      <year>2013</year>

 

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      <year>2014</year>

 

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      <year>2015</year>

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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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      </para>

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    </legalnotice>

 

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    <xi:include href="../legalnotice.xml"/>

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  </refentryinfo>

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  <refmeta>

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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

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    <para>

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      All <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> does is prompt for a

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      password and output any given password to standard output.  This

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      is not very useful on its own.  This program is really meant to

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      run as a plugin in the <application>Mandos</application>

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      client-side system, where it is used as a fallback and

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      alternative to retriving passwords from a <application

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      >Mandos</application> server.

 

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      password and output any given password to standard output.

 

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    </para>

 

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    <para>

 

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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is

 

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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application

 

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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a

 

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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a

 

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      <application >Mandos</application> server.

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    </para>

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    <para>

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      This program is little more than a <citerefentry><refentrytitle

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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>

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    <variablelist>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>

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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>

 

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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</envar></term>

 

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        <term><envar>CRYPTTAB_NAME</envar></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to

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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will

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          normally have inherited them from

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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the

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          initial RAM disk environment, which will have set them from

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          parsing kernel arguments and

 

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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will

 

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          have set them from parsing kernel arguments and

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          <filename>/conf/conf.d/cryptroot</filename> (also in the

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          initial RAM disk environment), which in turn will have been

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          created when the initial RAM disk image was created by

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      <para>

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        Show a prefix before the prompt; in this case, a host name.

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        It might be useful to be reminded of which host needs a

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        password, in case of KVM switches, etc.

 

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        password, in case of <acronym>KVM</acronym> switches, etc.

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      </para>

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      <para>

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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>

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      </citerefentry>, and will, when run standalone, outside, in a

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      normal environment, immediately output on its standard output

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      any presumably secret password it just recieved.  Therefore,

 

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      any presumably secret password it just received.  Therefore,

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      when running this program standalone (which should never

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      normally be done), take care not to type in any real secret

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      password by force of habit, since it would then immediately be

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  <refsect1 id="see_also">

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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

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    <para>

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>

 

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

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