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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2010-09-01 18:03:03 UTC
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos-clients.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/clients.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-01">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-12-09">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.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@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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      ><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, read by it at startup.
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      The file needs to list all clients that should be able to use
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      the service.  The settings in this file can be overridden by
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      runtime changes to the server, which it saves across restarts.
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      (See the section called <quote>PERSISTENT STATE</quote> in
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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      >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)  However, any <emphasis
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      >changes</emphasis> to this file (including adding and removing
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      clients) will, at startup, override changes done during runtime.
 
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      the service.  All clients listed will be regarded as enabled,
 
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      even if a client was disabled in a previous run of the server.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      The format starts with a <literal>[<replaceable>section
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    <variablelist>
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        <term><option>approval_delay<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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            How long to wait for external approval before resorting to
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            use the <option>approved_by_default</option> value.  The
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        <term><option>approval_duration<literal> = </literal
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          <para>
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            How long an external approval lasts.  The default is 1
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            second.
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        <term><option>approved_by_default<literal> = </literal
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          >{ <literal >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal
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          >true</literal> | <literal>on</literal> | <literal
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          >0</literal> | <literal>no</literal> | <literal
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          >false</literal> | <literal>off</literal> }</option></term>
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            Whether to approve a client by default after
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        <term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
 
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            this server holds.  By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
 
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            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
 
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            of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
 
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            <quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
 
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        <term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
 
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        <term><option>extended_timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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            when changing this value is file system checks and quota
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        <term><option>fingerprint<literal> = </literal
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        ><replaceable>HEXSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-keygen</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>