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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl"
 
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        href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
 
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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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]>
 
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<refentry>
 
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  <refentryinfo>
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <!-- NWalsh's docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
 
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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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        </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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        </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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; 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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  </refentryinfo>
 
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  <refmeta>
 
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
 
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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  </refmeta>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>
 
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      Passprompt for luks during boot sequence
 
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    </refpurpose>
 
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  </refnamediv>
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--prefix<arg choice='plain'>PREFIX</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg choice='opt'>--debug</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--usage</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>    
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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  <refsect1 id="description">
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a terminal program that ask for
 
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      passwords during boot sequence. It is a plugin to
 
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      <firstterm>mandos</firstterm>, and is used as a fallback and
 
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      alternative to retriving passwords from a mandos server. During
 
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      boot sequence the user is prompted for the disk password, and
 
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      when a password is given it then gets forwarded to
 
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      <acronym>LUKS</acronym>.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>-p</literal>, <literal>--prefix=<replaceable>PREFIX
 
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        </replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Prefix used before the passprompt
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>--debug</literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Debug mode
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>-?</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Gives a help message
 
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          </para>
 
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        </listitem>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>--usage</literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Gives a short usage message
 
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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><literal>-V</literal>, <literal>--version</literal></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            Prints the program version
 
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    </variablelist>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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</refentry>