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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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** TODO [#B] Prefix all debug output with argv[0]
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** TODO [#B] Retry a server which has a non-definite reply:
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*** A closed connection during the TLS handshake
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** TODO [#B] Use capabilities instead of seteuid().
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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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** TODO [#B] Prefix all debug output with "Mandos plugin " + argv[0]
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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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** TODO [#B] Prefix all debug output with "Mandos plugin " + argv[0]
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** TODO [#B] Prefix all debug output with "Mandos plugin " + argv[0]
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** TODO [#B] Drop privileges after opening FIFO.
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** TODO [#B] Prefix all debug output with "Mandos plugin " + argv[0]
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** [#B] Add more comments to code
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** [#B] Add more if(debug) calls
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** [#B] Seperate more code to function for more readability
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** [#A] Man page: man8/plugin-runner.8mandos
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Environment is modified according to options and passed to plugins
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Examples of normal usage, debug usage, debugging single or all
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Note the danger of using this program, since you might lock
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yourself out of your system without any means of entering the root
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file system password. This is, however, very unlikely considering
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the fallback to getpass(3).
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Explaining text on what you can read
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** [#A] Man page: man8/password-request.8mandos
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Document short options
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State that this command is not meant to be invoked directly, but
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is run as a plugin from mandos-client(8) and only run in the
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initrd environment, not the real system.
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Note that it does *not* currently use cryptsource or crypttarget.
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Describe the key files and the key ring files. Also note that
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they should normally have been automatically created.
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Examples of normal usage, debug usage, debugging by connecting
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Update from mandos.xml
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** [#B] Temporarily lower kernel log level
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for less printouts during sucessfull boot.
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** use strsep instead of strtok?
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** Do not depend on GnuPG key rings on disk
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This would mean creating new GnuPG key rings with GPGME by
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importing the key files from scratch on every program start.
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** Keydir move: /etc/mandos -> /etc/keys/mandos
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Must create in preinst if not pre-depending on cryptsetup
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** [#C] Use getpass(3)?
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Man page says "obsolete", but [[info:libc:getpass][GNU LibC Manual: Reading Passwords]]
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does not. See also [[http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-05/msg00251.html][Marcus Brinkmann: Re: getpass obsolete?]] and
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[[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha/4906][Petter Reinholdtsen: Re: getpass obsolete?]], and especially also
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[[http://www.steve.org.uk/Reference/Unix/faq_4.html#SEC48][Unix Programming FAQ 3.1 How can I make my program not echo input?]]
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** TODO [#B] use scandir(3) instead of readdir(3)
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** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)
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** kernel command line option for debug info
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** [#A] /etc/init.d/mandos-server :teddy:
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** [#B] Log level :bugs:
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** /etc/mandos/clients.d/*.conf
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** TODO [#B] Log level :BUGS:
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** TODO /etc/mandos/clients.d/*.conf
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Watch this directory and add/remove/update clients?
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** config for TXT record
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** [#B] Run-time communication with server :bugs:
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** TODO config for TXT record
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** TODO [#B] Run-time communication with server :BUGS:
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Probably using D-Bus
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See also [[*Mandos-tools]]
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** Implement --foreground :bugs:
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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** Date+time on console log messages :bugs:
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syslogger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
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+ [[http://log.ometer.com/2007-05.html][Best D-Bus practices]]
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** TODO Implement --foreground :BUGS:
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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** TODO Implement --socket
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[[info:standards:Option%20Table][Table of Long Options]]
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** TODO Date+time on console log messages :BUGS:
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Is this the default?
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* Mandos-tools/utilities
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All of this probably using D-Bus
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** Use xinclude for common sections
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*** Update initrd.img after installation
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This seems to use some kind of "trigger" system
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[[file:/usr/share/doc/dpkg/triggers.txt.gz]]
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dpkg-trigger(1), deb-triggers(5)
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*** Keydir move: /etc/mandos -> /etc/keys/mandos
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Must create in preinst if not pre-depending on cryptsetup
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**** "--passfile" option
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Using the "secfile" option instead of "secret"
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**** [#A] "--test" option
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For testing decryption before rebooting.
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*** [#A] Create mandos user and group for server
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*** [#A] Create /var/run/mandos directory with perm and ownership
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** TODO DBusServiceObjectUsingSuper
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** TODO Global enable/disable flag
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** TODO By-client countdown on secrets given
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** TODO Fix problem with fsck taking a really long time
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Whenever a client successfully gets a secret it could get a
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one-time timeout boost to allow for an fsck-incurred delay
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** TODO Delay before client receives key
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This would give an operator opportunity to cancel the request if
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** TODO Client manual approval mode
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A client needs manual approval on the server before it gets the
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** TODO Persistent state
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** [[file:mandos.xml::XXX][Document D-Bus interface]]
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** Add mandos contact info in manual pages
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* Provide and install /etc/dbus-1/system.d/mandos.conf
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*** Handle "no D-Bus server" and/or "no Mandos server found" better
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*** [#B] --dump option
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* TODO mandos-dispatch
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Listens for specified D-Bus signals and spawns shell commands with
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** D-Bus mail loop w/ signal receiver
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** Snack/Newt client data displayer
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** TODO Loop until passwords match when run interactively
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** TODO "--secfile" option
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Using the "secfile" option instead of "secret"
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** TODO [#B] "--test" option
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For testing decryption before rebooting.
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** Implement DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
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http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules-options
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** /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/mandos
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*** Do not install in initrd.img if configured not to.
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Use "/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/mandos"? Definitely a debconf
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** /etc/bash_completion.d/mandos
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*** TODO [#C] use same file name rules as run-parts(8)
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*** TODO [#C] Do not install in initrd.img if configured not to.
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Use "/etc/initramfs-tools/hooksconf.d/mandos"?
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** TODO [#C] /etc/bash_completion.d/mandos
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From XML sources directly?
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* Announce project on news
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[[news:comp.os.linux.announce]]
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