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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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        "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 % 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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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
 
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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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      <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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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  </refentryinfo>
 
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  <refmeta>
 
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    <refentrytitle>&CONFNAME;</refentrytitle>
 
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    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
 
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  </refmeta>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><filename>&CONFNAME;</filename></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>
 
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      Configuration file for the Mandos server
 
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    </refpurpose>
 
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  </refnamediv>
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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    <synopsis>&CONFPATH;</synopsis>
 
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
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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 configuration file for <citerefentry
 
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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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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      The format starts with a <literal>[<replaceable>section
 
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      header</replaceable>]</literal> which is either
 
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      <literal>[DEFAULT]</literal> or <literal>[<replaceable>client
 
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      name</replaceable>]</literal>.  The <replaceable>client
 
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      name</replaceable> can be anything, and is not tied to a host
 
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      name.  Following the section header is any number of
 
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      <quote><varname><replaceable>option</replaceable
 
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      ></varname>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></quote> entries,
 
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      with continuations in the style of RFC 822.  <quote><varname
 
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      ><replaceable>option</replaceable></varname>: <replaceable
 
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      >value</replaceable></quote> is also accepted.  Note that
 
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      leading whitespace is removed from values.  Values can contain
 
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      format strings which refer to other values in the same section,
 
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      or values in the <quote>DEFAULT</quote> section (see <xref
 
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      linkend="expansion"/>).  Lines beginning with <quote>#</quote>
 
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      or <quote>;</quote> are ignored and may be used to provide
 
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      comments.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="options">
 
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> all option values are subject to
 
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      start time expansion, see <xref linkend="expansion"/>.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      Unknown options are ignored.  The used options are as follows:
 
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    </para>
 
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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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      </varlistentry>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>checker<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        >COMMAND</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            This option allows you to override the default shell
 
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            command that the server will use to check if the client is
 
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            still up.  Any output of the command will be ignored, only
 
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            is zero, the client is considered up.  The command will be
 
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            <option>-c</option></command></quote>, so
 
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            <varname>PATH</varname> will be searched.  The default
 
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            ><command>fping</command> <option>-q</option> <option
 
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        <term><option>fingerprint<literal> = </literal
 
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        ><replaceable>HEXSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        >STRING</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        >TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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      The file described here is &CONFPATH;
 
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      The format for specifying times for <varname>timeout</varname>
 
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checker = fping -q -- %%(host)s
 
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[foo]
 
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fingerprint =  7788 2722 5BA7 DE53 9C5A  7CFA 59CF F7CD BD9A 5920
 
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secret =
 
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        hQIOA6QdEjBs2L/HEAf/TCyrDe5Xnm9esa+Pb/vWF9CUqfn4srzVgSu234
 
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        REJMVv7lBSrPE2132Lmd2gqF1HeLKDJRSVxJpt6xoWOChGHg+TMyXDxK+N
 
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        Xl89vGvdU1XfhKkVm9MDLOgT5ECDPysDGHFPDhqHOSu3Kaw2DWMV/iH9vz
 
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        3Z20erVNbdcvyBnuojcoWO/6yfB5EQO0BXp7kcyy00USA3CjD5FGZdoQGI
 
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        Tb8A/ar0tVA5crSQmaSotm6KmNLhrFnZ5BxX+TiE+eTUTqSloWRY6VAvqW
 
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        QHC7OASxK5E6RXPBuFH5IohUA2Qbk5AHt99pYvsIPX88j2rWauOokoiKZo
 
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        t/9leJ8VxO5l3wf/U64IH8bkPIoWmWZfd/nqh4uwGNbCgKMyT+AnvH7kMJ
 
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        3i7DivfWl2mKLV0PyPHUNva0VQxX6yYjcOhj1R6fCr/at8/NSLe2OhLchz
 
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        dC+Ls9h+kvJXgF8Sisv+Wk/1RadPLFmraRlqvJwt6Ww21LpiXqXHV2mIgq
 
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        WnR98YgSvUi3TJHrUQiNc9YyBzuRo0AjgG2C9qiE3FM+Y28+iQ/sR3+bFs
 
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        zYuZKVTObqiIslwXu7imO0cvvFRgJF/6u3HNFQ4LUTGhiM3FQmC6NNlF3/
 
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        vJM2hwRDMcJqDd54Twx90Wh+tYz0z7QMsK4ANXWHHWHR0JchnLWmenzbtW
 
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        5MHdW9AYsNJZAQSOpirE4Xi31CSlWAi9KV+cUCmWF5zOFy1x23P6PjdaRm
 
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        4T2zw4dxS5NswXWU0sVEXxjs6PYxuIiCTL7vdpx8QjBkrPWDrAbcMyBr2O
 
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        QlnHIvPzEArRQLo=
 
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[bar]
 
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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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    <para>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-keygen</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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