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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-10-03">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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   <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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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>Mandos</productname>
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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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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        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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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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      Sends encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--interface
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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      <replaceable>PRIORITY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">NAME</arg></arg>
 
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      <arg>--address<arg choice="plain">ADDRESS</arg></arg>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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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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        <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
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