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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-12-29 02:44:54 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20081229024454-nbsei556dwy5azr1
* mandos (Client.timeout, Client.interval): Changed from being a
                                            property to be a normal
                                            attribute.
  (Client._timeout, Client._interval): Removed.
  (Client._timeout_milliseconds): Changed from being an attribute to
                                  be a method "timeout_milliseconds".
                                  All users changed.
  (Client._interval_milliseconds): Changed from being an attribute to
                                   be method "interval_milliseconds".
                                   All users changed.
  (Client.__init__): Take additional "use_dbus" keyword argument.
                     Only provide D-Bus interface if "use_dbus" is
                     True.
  (Client.use_dbus): New attribute.
  (Client.dbus_object_path): Changed to only be set if "self.use_dbus"
                             is True.
  (Client.enable, Client.disable, Client.checker_callback,
  Client.bump_timeout, Client.start_checker, Client.stop_checker):
  Only emit D-Bus signals if "self.use_dbus".
  (Client.SetChecker, Client.SetHost, Client.Enable): Bug fix: Emit
                                                      D-Bus signals.
  (Client.SetInterval, Client.SetTimeout): Changed to emit D-Bus
                                           signals.

  (main): Remove deprecated "default" keyword argument to "--check"
          option.  Added new "--no-dbus" option.  Added corresponding
          "use_dbus" server configuration option.  Only provide D-Bus
          interface and emit D-Bus signals if "use_dbus".  Pass
          "use_dbus" on to Client constructor.

* mandos-options.xml ([@id="dbus"]): New option.

* mandos.conf (use_dbus): New option.

* mandos.conf.xml (OPTIONS): New option "use_dbus".
  (EXAMPLE): - '' -

* mandos.xml (SYNOPSIS): New option "--no-dbus".
  (D-BUS INTERFACE): New section.

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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 "2008-09-05">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-12-28">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
 
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   <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</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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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
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    <authorgroup>
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      <author>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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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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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
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    </refpurpose>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="debug"/>
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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        PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
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        <term><option>--servicename
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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                      xpointer="servicename"/>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--configdir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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          </para>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--version</option></term>
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment.
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    <title>NETWORK PROTOCOL</title>
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