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  • Committer: Björn Påhlsson
  • Date: 2011-09-24 14:19:06 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 "2012-05-27">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-09-19">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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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      <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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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            This option overrides the default shell command that the
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            server will use to check if the client is still up.  Any
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            output of the command will be ignored, only the exit code
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            is checked:  If the exit code of the command is zero, the
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            client is considered up.  The command will be run using
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            <quote><command><filename>/bin/sh</filename>
 
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            This option allows you to override the default shell
 
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            command that the server will use to check if the client is
 
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            still up.  Any output of the command will be ignored, only
 
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            the exit code is checked:  If the exit code of the command
 
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            is zero, the client is considered up.  The command will be
 
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            run using <quote><command><filename>/bin/sh</filename>
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            <option>-c</option></command></quote>, so
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            <varname>PATH</varname> will be searched.  The default
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            value for the checker command is <quote><literal
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            Extended timeout is an added timeout that is given once
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            after a password has been sent successfully to a client.
 
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            after a password has been sent sucessfully to a client.
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            The timeout is by default longer than the normal timeout,
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            and is used for handling the extra long downtime while a
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            machine is booting up.  Time to take into consideration
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            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait, after a
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            successful checker run, until a client is disabled and not
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            allowed to get the data this server holds.  By default
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            Mandos will use 5 minutes.  See also the
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            <option>extended_timeout</option> option.
 
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            The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
 
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            successful checker run or a client receiving its secret)
 
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            until a client is disabled and not allowed to get the data
 
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            this server holds.  By default Mandos will use 5 minutes.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>enabled<literal> = </literal>{ <literal
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        >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal>true</literal
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        > | <literal >on</literal> | <literal>0</literal> | <literal
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        >no</literal> | <literal>false</literal> | <literal
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        >off</literal> }</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Whether this client should be enabled by default.  The
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            default is <quote>true</quote>.
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          </para>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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        <quote><literal>approval_duration</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>created</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>enabled</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>expires</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>fingerprint</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>host</literal></quote>,
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        <quote><literal>interval</literal></quote>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fping</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>