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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-04">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-05">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        Run plugins from a different directory and add two
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        options to the <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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        >password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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        Run plugins from a different directory, read a different
 
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        configuration file, and add two options to the
 
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        <citerefentry><refentrytitle >password-request</refentrytitle>
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        <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> plugin:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --plugin-dir=plugins.d --options-for=password-request:--pubkey=keydir/pubkey.txt,--seckey=keydir/seckey.txt</userinput>
 
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=password-request:--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt,--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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      non-privileged.  This user and group is then what all plugins
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      will be started as.  Therefore, the only way to run a plugin as
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      a privileged user is to have the set-user-ID or set-group-ID bit
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      set on the plugin executable files (see <citerefentry>
 
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      set on the plugin executable file (see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>).
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    </para>