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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-07-29 03:35:39 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080729033539-08zecoj3jwlkpjhw
* server.conf: New file.

* mandos-clients.conf: Renamed to clients.conf.

* Makefile (FORTIFY): New.
  (CFLAGS): Include $(FORTIFY).

* plugins.d/mandosclient.c (main): New "if_index" variable.  Bug fix:
                                   check if interface exists.  New
                                   "--connect" option.

* server.py (serviceInterface): Removed; replaced by
                                "AvahiService.interface".  All users
                                changed.
  (AvahiError, AvahiServiceError, AvahiGroupError): New exception
                                                    classes.
  (AvahiService): New class.
  (serviceName): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.name".  All users
                 changed.
  (serviceType): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.type".  All users
                 changed.
  (servicePort): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.port".  All users
                 changed.
  (serviceTXT): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.TXT".  All users
                changed.
  (domain): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.domain".  All users
            changed.
  (host): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.host".  All users
          changed.
  (rename_count): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.rename_count" and
                 "AvahiService.max_renames".  All users changed.
  (Client.__init__): If no secret or secfile, raise TypeError instead
                     of RuntimeError.
  (Client.last_seen): Renamed to "Client.last_checked_ok".  All users
                      changed.
  (Client.stop, Client.stop_checker): Use "getattr" with default value
                                      instead of "hasattr".
  (Client.still_valid): Removed "now" argument.
  (Client.handle): Separate the "no client found" and "client invalid"
                   cases for clearer code.
  (IPv6_TCPServer.__init__): "options" argument replaced by
                             "settings".  All callers changed.
  (IPv6_TCPServer.options): Replaced by "IPv6_TCPServer.settings".
                            All users changed.
  (IPv6_TCPServer.server_bind): Use getattr instead of hasattr.
  (add_service): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.add".  All callers
                 changed.
  (remove_service): Removed; replaced by "AvahiService.remove".  All
                    callers changed.
  (entry_group_state_changed): On entry group collision, call the new
                               AvahiService.rename method.  Raise
                               AvahiGroupError on group error.
  (if_nametoindex): Use ctypes.utils.find_library to locate the C
                    library.  Cache the result.  Loop on EINTR.
  (daemon): Use os.path.devnull to locate "/dev/null".
  (killme): Removed.  All callers changed to do "sys.exit()" instead,
            except where stated otherwise.
  (main): Removed "exitstatus".  Removed all default values from all
          non-bool options.  New option "--configdir".  New variables
          "server_defaults" and "server_settings", read from
          "%(configdir)s/server.conf".  Let any supplied command line
          options override server settings.   Variable "defaults"
          renamed to "client_defaults", which is read from
          "clients.conf" instead of "mandos-clients.conf".  New global
          AvahiService object "service" replaces old global variables.
          Catch AvahiError and exit with error if caught.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "askpass-fifo">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-04">
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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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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
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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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        <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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      <year>2009</year>
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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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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>Mandos plugin to get a password from a
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    FIFO.</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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    </cmdsynopsis>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      This program reads a password from a <acronym>FIFO</acronym> and
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      outputs it to standard output.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is meant to be imitate a feature of the
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      <command>askpass</command> program, so that programs written to
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      interface with it can keep working under the
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      <application>Mandos</application> system.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="options">
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <para>
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      This program takes no options.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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      If exit status is 0, the output from the program is the password
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      as it was read.  Otherwise, if exit status is other than 0, the
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      program was interrupted or encountered an error, and any output
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      so far could be corrupt and/or truncated, and should therefore
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      be ignored.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="files">
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><filename>/lib/cryptsetup/passfifo</filename></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            This is the <acronym>FIFO</acronym> where this program
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            will read the password.  If it does not exist, it will be
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            created.
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          </para>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <para>
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      Note that normally, this program will not be invoked directly,
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      but instead started by the Mandos <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>.
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    </para>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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        This program takes no options.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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    <para>
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      The only thing that could be considered worthy of note is
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      this:  This program is meant to be run by <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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      >8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and will, when run
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      standalone, outside, in a normal environment, immediately output
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      on its standard output any presumably secret password it just
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      received.  Therefore, when running this program standalone
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      (which should never normally be done), take care not to type in
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      any real secret password by force of habit, since it would then
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      immediately be shown as output.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fifo</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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</refentry>
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