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- Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
- Date: 2009-09-22 20:18:43 UTC
- Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20090922201843-cd5uqnthf3eegg4l
* mandos (Client.start_checker): Bug fix: Fix race condition with
short intervals.
short intervals.
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mandos-clients.conf.xml
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos-clients.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/clients.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-26">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-09-17">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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<copyright>
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<year>2008</year>
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<year>2009</year>
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<year>2010</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>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, read by it at startup.
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The file needs to list all clients that should be able to use
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the service. All clients listed will be regarded as enabled,
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even if a client was disabled in a previous run of the server.
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the service. All clients listed will be regarded as valid, even
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if a client was declared invalid in a previous run of the
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server.
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</para>
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<para>
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The format starts with a <literal>[<replaceable>section
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>approval_delay<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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How long to wait for external approval before resorting to
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use the <option>approved_by_default</option> value. The
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default is <quote>0s</quote>, i.e. not to wait.
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</para>
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<para>
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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>approval_duration<literal> = </literal
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><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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How long an external approval lasts. The default is 1
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second.
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</para>
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<para>
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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>approved_by_default<literal> = </literal
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>{ <literal >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal
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>true</literal> | <literal>on</literal> | <literal
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>0</literal> | <literal>no</literal> | <literal
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>false</literal> | <literal>off</literal> }</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Whether to approve a client by default after
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the <option>approval_delay</option>. The default
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is <quote>True</quote>.
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<term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
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successful checker run or a client receiving its secret)
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until a client is considered invalid - that is, ineligible
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to get the data this server holds. By default Mandos will
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use 1 hour.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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number and a one-character suffix. The suffix must be one
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of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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<quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
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minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively. The values are
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added together to give the total time value, so all of
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<quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
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<quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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of five minutes and thirty seconds.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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still up. <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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not be started if an old one is still running. The server
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will wait for a checker to complete until the above
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<quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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time the client will be marked invalid, and any running
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checker killed. The default interval is 5 minutes.
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</para>
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<para>
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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> above.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
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>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>, but highly
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<emphasis>recommended</emphasis> unless the
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<option>checker</option> option is modified to a
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non-standard value without <quote>%%(host)s</quote> in it.
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</para>
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<para>
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Host name for this client. This is not used by the server
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directly, but can be, and is by default, used by the
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checker. See the <option>checker</option> option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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still up. <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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not be started if an old one is still running. The server
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will wait for a checker to complete until the below
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<quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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time the client will be disabled, and any running checker
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killed. The default interval is 5 minutes.
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</para>
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<para>
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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>secfile<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is only used if <option>secret</option> is not
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specified, in which case this option is
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<emphasis>required</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Similar to the <option>secret</option>, except the secret
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data is in an external file. The contents of the file
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should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be base64-encoded, but
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will be sent to clients verbatim.
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</para>
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<para>
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File names of the form <filename>~user/foo/bar</filename>
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and <filename>$<envar>ENVVAR</envar>/foo/bar</filename>
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are supported.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>secret<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>BASE64_ENCODED_DATA</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The timeout is how long the server will wait (for either a
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successful checker run or a client receiving its secret)
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until a client is disabled and not allowed to get the data
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this server holds. By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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number and a one-character suffix. The suffix must be one
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of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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<quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
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minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively. The values are
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added together to give the total time value, so all of
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<quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
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<quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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of five minutes and thirty seconds.
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<term><option>secfile<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is only used if <option>secret</option> is not
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specified, in which case this option is
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<emphasis>required</emphasis>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Similar to the <option>secret</option>, except the secret
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data is in an external file. The contents of the file
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should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be base64-encoded, but
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will be sent to clients verbatim.
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</para>
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<para>
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File names of the form <filename>~user/foo/bar</filename>
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and <filename>$<envar>ENVVAR</envar>/foo/bar</filename>
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are supported.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
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>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>, but highly
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<emphasis>recommended</emphasis> unless the
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<option>checker</option> option is modified to a
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non-standard value without <quote>%%(host)s</quote> in it.
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</para>
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<para>
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Host name for this client. This is not used by the server
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directly, but can be, and is by default, used by the
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checker. See the <option>checker</option> option.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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fingerprint = 3e393aeaefb84c7e89e2f547b3a107558fca3a27
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secfile = /etc/mandos/bar-secret
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timeout = 15m
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approved_by_default = False
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approval_delay = 30s
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</programlisting>
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</informalexample>
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