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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-02">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2018-02-08">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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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>2015</year>
 
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      <year>2016</year>
 
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      <year>2017</year>
 
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      <year>2018</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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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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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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--plugin-dir=<replaceable
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--config-file=<replaceable
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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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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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The aim of this
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use to unlock the
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        console.
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