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<title>Mandos Manual</title>
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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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<firstname>Björn</firstname>
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<surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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<email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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<firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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<surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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<email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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<refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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Control the operation of the Mandos server
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--enable</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--disable</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--bump-timeout</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-b</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--start-checker</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--stop-checker</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--remove</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-r</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--checker
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<replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-c
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<replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--timeout
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-t
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--interval
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--approve-by-default</option
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--deny-by-default</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--approval-delay
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--approval-duration
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--interval
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-i
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--host
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<replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-H
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<replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--secret
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<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-s
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<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--approve</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-A</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--deny</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-D</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--all</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-a</option></arg>
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<arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
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<replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
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<arg rep='repeat' choice='plain'>
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<replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--is-enabled</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>
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<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>CLIENT</replaceable></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
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<refsect1 id="description">
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to control the
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operation of the Mandos server <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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This program can be used to change client settings, approve or
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deny client requests, and to remove clients from the server.
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<refsect1 id="purpose">
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<title>PURPOSE</title>
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The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
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rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref
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linkend="overview"/> for details.
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<refsect1 id="options">
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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Show a help message and exit
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<term><option>--enable</option></term>
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<term><option>-e</option></term>
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Enable client(s). An enabled client will be eligble to
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<term><option>--disable</option></term>
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<term><option>-d</option></term>
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Disable client(s). A disabled client will not be eligble
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to receive its secret, and no checkers will be started for
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<term><option>--bump-timeout</option></term>
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Bump the timeout of the specified client(s), just as if a
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checker had completed successfully for it/them.
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<term><option>--start-checker</option></term>
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Start a new checker now for the specified client(s).
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<term><option>--stop-checker</option></term>
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Stop any running checker for the specified client(s).
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<term><option>--remove</option></term>
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<term><option>-r</option></term>
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Remove the specified client(s) from the server.
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<term><option>--checker
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<replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>COMMAND</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>checker</varname> option of the specified
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client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--timeout
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>timeout</varname> option of the specified
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client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--interval
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>interval</varname> option of the
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specified client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--approve-by-default</option></term>
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<term><option>--deny-by-default</option></term>
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Set the <varname>approved_by_default</varname> option of
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the specified client(s) to <literal>True</literal> or
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<literal>False</literal>, respectively; see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--approval-delay
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>approval_delay</varname> option of the
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specified client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--approval-duration
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>approval_duration</varname> option of the
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specified client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>host</varname> option of the specified
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client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--secret
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<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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Set the <varname>secfile</varname> option of the specified
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client(s); see <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
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>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<term><option>--approve</option></term>
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<term><option>-A</option></term>
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Approve client(s) if currently waiting for approval.
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<term><option>--deny</option></term>
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<term><option>-D</option></term>
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Deny client(s) if currently waiting for approval.
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<term><option>--all</option></term>
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<term><option>-a</option></term>
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Make the client-modifying options modify <emphasis
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>all</emphasis> clients.
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<term><option>--verbose</option></term>
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<term><option>-v</option></term>
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Show all client settings, not just a subset.
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<term><option>--is-enabled</option></term>
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<term><option>-V</option></term>
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Check if a single client is enabled or not, and exit with
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a successful exit status only if the client is enabled.
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<refsect1 id="overview">
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<title>OVERVIEW</title>
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This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for inclusion in
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<filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
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<refsect1 id="exit_status">
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<title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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If the <option>--is-enabled</option> option is used, the exit
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status will be 0 only if the specified client is enabled.
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<refsect1 id="example">
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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To list <emphasis>all</emphasis> settings for the clients
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named <quote>foo1.example.org</quote> and <quote
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>foo2.example.org</quote>:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --verbose foo1.example.org foo2.example.org</userinput>
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To enable all clients:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --enable --all</userinput>
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To change timeout and interval value for the clients
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named <quote>foo1.example.org</quote> and <quote
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>foo2.example.org</quote>:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --timeout="5m" --interval="1m" foo1.example.org foo2.example.org</userinput>
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To approve all clients currently waiting for it:
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --approve --all</userinput>
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<refsect1 id="security">
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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This program must be permitted to access the Mandos server via
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the D-Bus interface. This normally requires the root user, but
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could be configured otherwise by reconfiguring the D-Bus server.
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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-monitor</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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