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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2010-09-26 17:36:30 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20100926173630-zk7pe17fp2bv6zr7
* DBUS-API: Document new "LastApprovalRequest" client property.

* mandos (Client.last_approval_request): New attribute.
  (Client.need_approval): New method.
  (ClientDBus.need_approval): - '' -
  (ClientDBus.NeedApproval): Call self.need_approval().
  (ClientDBus.LastApprovalRequest_dbus_property): New D-Bus property.

* mandos-monitor: Show timeout counter during approval delay.
  (MandosClientWidget._update_timer_callback_lock): New.
  (MandosClientWidget.property_changed): Override to also call
                                         using_timer if
                                         ApprovalPending property is
                                         changed.
  (MandosClientWidget.using_timer): New method.
  (MandosClientWidget.checker_completed): Use "using_timer".
  (MandosClientWidget.need_approval): - '' -
  (MandosClientWidget.update): Show approval delay timer.

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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-06-17">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-25">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
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      <year>2012</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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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debuglevel
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--statedir
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--socket
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--foreground</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
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      uses Zeroconf to announce itself on the local network, and uses
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      TLS to communicate securely with and to authenticate the
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      clients.  The Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to
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      use IPv6 link-local addresses, since the clients will probably
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      not have any other addresses configured (see <xref
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      linkend="overview"/>).  Any authenticated client is then given
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      client host computers.  The Mandos server uses Zeroconf to
 
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            <quote><literal>DEBUG</literal></quote>, in order of
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