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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 CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/mandos.conf</filename>">
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]>
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<refentry>
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&CONFNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh's docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
 
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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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    <productname>&CONFNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <authorgroup>
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
 
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><filename>&CONFNAME;</filename></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Configuration file for Mandos
 
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      Configuration file for the Mandos server
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for mandos
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      and is looked on at startup of the service. The configuration
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      file must start with <literal>[server]</literal>. The format for
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      the rest is a simple VAR = VALUE pair. Values may not be empty.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      The paramters are:
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    </para>
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      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
 
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      startup.  The configuration file starts with <quote><literal
 
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      >[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself, followed by
 
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      any number of <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable
 
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      ></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> entries,
 
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      with continuations in the style of RFC 822.  <quote><varname
 
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      ><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>: <replaceable
 
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      >value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note that
 
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      leading whitespace is removed from values.  Lines beginning with
 
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      <quote>#</quote> or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be used
 
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      to provide comments.
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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        <term><literal>interface</literal></term>
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        <term><literal>address</literal></term>
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        <term><literal>port</literal></term>
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          <synopsis><literal>interface = </literal><replaceable
 
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          >NAME</replaceable>
 
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