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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2009-02-07 05:05:03 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20090207050503-wi4qno0t5ua46vvx
* initramfs-tools-hook: Add extra newline to plugin-runner.conf to
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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 COMMANDNAME "mandos-client">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-01-24">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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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@recompile.se</email>
 
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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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      <year>2011</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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      </arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg>
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        <option>--retry <replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></option>
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      </arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg>
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        <option>--network-hook-dir<replaceable>DIR</replaceable></option>
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      </arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg>
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        <option>--debug</option>
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      </arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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      using TLS with an OpenPGP key to ensure authenticity and
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      confidentiality.  This client program keeps running, trying all
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      servers on the network, until it receives a satisfactory reply
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      or a TERM signal.  After all servers have been tried, all
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      servers are periodically retried.  If no servers are found it
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      will wait indefinitely for new servers to appear.
 
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      or a TERM signal is received.  If no servers are found, or after
 
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      all servers have been tried, it waits indefinitely for new
 
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      servers to appear.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not meant to be run directly; it is really meant
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--interface=<replaceable
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        >NAME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><option>--interface=
 
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-i
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Network interface that will be brought up and scanned for
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            Mandos servers to connect to.  The default is the empty
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            string, which will automatically choose an appropriate
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            interface.
 
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            Mandos servers to connect to.  The default it
 
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            <quote><literal>eth0</literal></quote>.
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          </para>
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            If the <option>--connect</option> option is used, this
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            until much later in the boot process, and can not be used
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            by this program.
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          </para>
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          <para>
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            <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> can be the string
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            <quote><literal>none</literal></quote>; this will not use
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            any specific interface, and will not bring up an interface
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            on startup.  This is not recommended, and only meant for
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            advanced users.
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            is received.  This value specifies, in seconds, how long
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            server</emphasis>.  The default is 10 seconds.
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            Network hook directory.  The default directory is
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        <term><option>--debug</option></term>
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      server could be found and the password received from it could be
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      successfully decrypted and output on standard output.  The
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      program will exit with a non-zero exit status only if a critical
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      error occurs.  Otherwise, it will forever connect to any
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  </refsect1>
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    <informalexample>
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        Run in debug mode, with a custom key, and do not use Zeroconf
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        to locate a server; connect directly to the IPv6 link-local
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug --pubkey keydir/pubkey.txt --seckey keydir/seckey.txt --connect fe80::aede:48ff:fe71:f6f2:4711 --interface eth2</userinput>
 
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>