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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 "mandos-keygen">
 
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
 
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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>8</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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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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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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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir</option>
 
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type</option>
 
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>
 
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--name</option>
 
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--email</option>
 
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        <replaceable>EMAIL</replaceable></arg>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--comment</option>
 
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        <replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--expire</option>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
 
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      </group>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--force</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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      <group choice="opt">
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option>
 
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-t</option>
 
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-l</option>
 
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        <replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-n</option>
 
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option>
 
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        <replaceable>EMAIL</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-c</option>
 
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        <replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-x</option>
 
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f</option></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>-h</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>--help</option></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>-v</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice='plain'><option>--version</option></arg>
 
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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 program to generate the
 
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      OpenPGP keys used by
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The keys are
 
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      normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the
 
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      initrd image, but this, like most things, can be changed with
 
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    <title>PURPOSE</title>
 
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      The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
 
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      rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
 
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      <emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>.  See <xref
 
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      linkend="overview"/> for details.
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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        <term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>directory</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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            Target directory for key files.
 
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        <replaceable>type</replaceable></literal></term>
 
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        <replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
 
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
 
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    &OVERVIEW;
 
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
 
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    <informalexample>
 
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      <para>
 
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
 
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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</refentry>