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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2010-09-12 03:00:40 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20100912030040-b0uopyennste9fdh
Documentation changes:

* DBUS-API: New file documenting the server D-Bus interface.

* clients.conf: Add examples of new approval settings.

* debian/mandos.docs: Added "DBUS-API".

* mandos-clients.conf.xml (OPTIONS): Added "approved_by_default",
                                     "approval_delay", and
                                     "approval_duration".
* mandos.xml (D-BUS INTERFACE): Refer to the "DBUS-API" file.
  (BUGS): Remove mention of lack of a remote query interface.

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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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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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos.conf">
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<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/mandos.conf</filename>">
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2009-02-25">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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<refentry>
 
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>&CONFNAME;</title>
 
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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>&CONFNAME;</productname>
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
 
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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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    </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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    <legalnotice>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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        later version.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        for more details.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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        License along with this program; If not, see
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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&CONFNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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      Configuration file for the Mandos server
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    </refpurpose>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <synopsis>
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      &CONFPATH;
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    <synopsis>&CONFPATH;</synopsis>
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  <refsect1 id="description">
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      The file &CONFPATH; is a simple configuration file for
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and is read by it at
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      <quote><literal>[DEFAULT]</literal></quote> on a line by itself,
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      <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote>
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      entries, with continuations in the style of RFC 822.
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      <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>:
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      <replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note
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      that leading whitespace is removed from values.  Lines beginning
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    <para>
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      The options are:
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      startup.  The configuration file starts with <quote><literal
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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        <term><literal><varname>interface</varname></literal></term>
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            This option allows you to override the default network
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