/mandos/trunk

To get this branch, use:
bzr branch http://bzr.recompile.se/loggerhead/mandos/trunk

« back to all changes in this revision

Viewing changes to mandos-clients.conf.xml

* debian/mandos-client.README.Debian: Document network hook facility.
* debian/mandos-client.docs (network-hooks.d): Added.
* initramfs-tools-hook: Also pass VERBOSITY to network hook.
* plugins.d/mandos-client.xml (DESCRIPTION): Document network
                                             interface selection
                                             algorithm.
  (OPTIONS/--interface): Refer to NETWORK HOOKS section.
  (OVERVIEW): Refer to password-prompt(8mandos) explicitly.
  (NETWORK HOOKS): New section.
  (FILES): Add "/lib/mandos/network-hooks.d".

Show diffs side-by-side

added added

removed removed

Lines of Context:
3
3
        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4
4
<!ENTITY CONFNAME "mandos-clients.conf">
5
5
<!ENTITY CONFPATH "<filename>/etc/mandos/clients.conf</filename>">
6
 
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2017-02-23">
 
6
<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-10">
7
7
<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
8
8
%common;
9
9
]>
36
36
      <year>2009</year>
37
37
      <year>2010</year>
38
38
      <year>2011</year>
39
 
      <year>2012</year>
40
 
      <year>2013</year>
41
 
      <year>2014</year>
42
 
      <year>2015</year>
43
 
      <year>2016</year>
44
 
      <year>2017</year>
45
39
      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
46
40
      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
47
41
    </copyright>
71
65
      ><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
72
66
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, read by it at startup.
73
67
      The file needs to list all clients that should be able to use
74
 
      the service.  The settings in this file can be overridden by
75
 
      runtime changes to the server, which it saves across restarts.
76
 
      (See the section called <quote>PERSISTENT STATE</quote> in
77
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle><manvolnum
78
 
      >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)  However, any <emphasis
79
 
      >changes</emphasis> to this file (including adding and removing
80
 
      clients) will, at startup, override changes done during runtime.
 
68
      the service.  All clients listed will be regarded as enabled,
 
69
      even if a client was disabled in a previous run of the server.
81
70
    </para>
82
71
    <para>
83
72
      The format starts with a <literal>[<replaceable>section
122
111
          <para>
123
112
            How long to wait for external approval before resorting to
124
113
            use the <option>approved_by_default</option> value.  The
125
 
            default is <quote>PT0S</quote>, i.e. not to wait.
 
114
            default is <quote>0s</quote>, i.e. not to wait.
126
115
          </para>
127
116
          <para>
128
117
            The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
172
161
            This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
173
162
          </para>
174
163
          <para>
175
 
            This option overrides the default shell command that the
176
 
            server will use to check if the client is still up.  Any
177
 
            output of the command will be ignored, only the exit code
178
 
            is checked:  If the exit code of the command is zero, the
179
 
            client is considered up.  The command will be run using
180
 
            <quote><command><filename>/bin/sh</filename>
 
164
            This option allows you to override the default shell
 
165
            command that the server will use to check if the client is
 
166
            still up.  Any output of the command will be ignored, only
 
167
            the exit code is checked:  If the exit code of the command
 
168
            is zero, the client is considered up.  The command will be
 
169
            run using <quote><command><filename>/bin/sh</filename>
181
170
            <option>-c</option></command></quote>, so
182
171
            <varname>PATH</varname> will be searched.  The default
183
172
            value for the checker command is <quote><literal
184
173
            ><command>fping</command> <option>-q</option> <option
185
 
            >--</option> %%(host)s</literal></quote>.  Note that
186
 
            <command>mandos-keygen</command>, when generating output
187
 
            to be inserted into this file, normally looks for an SSH
188
 
            server on the Mandos client, and, if it find one, outputs
189
 
            a <option>checker</option> option to check for the
190
 
            client’s key fingerprint – this is more secure against
191
 
            spoofing.
 
174
            >--</option> %%(host)s</literal></quote>.
192
175
          </para>
193
176
          <para>
194
177
            In addition to normal start time expansion, this option
231
214
          <para>
232
215
            This option sets the OpenPGP fingerprint that identifies
233
216
            the public key that clients authenticate themselves with
234
 
            through TLS.  The string needs to be in hexadecimal form,
 
217
            through TLS.  The string needs to be in hexidecimal form,
235
218
            but spaces or upper/lower case are not significant.
236
219
          </para>
237
220
        </listitem>
346
329
            <option>extended_timeout</option> option.
347
330
          </para>
348
331
          <para>
349
 
            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as an RFC
350
 
            3339 duration; for example
351
 
            <quote><literal>P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S</literal></quote> meaning
352
 
            one year, two months, three days, four hours, five
353
 
            minutes, and six seconds.  Some values can be omitted, see
354
 
            RFC 3339 Appendix A for details.
355
 
          </para>
356
 
        </listitem>
357
 
      </varlistentry>
358
 
      
359
 
      <varlistentry>
360
 
        <term><option>enabled<literal> = </literal>{ <literal
361
 
        >1</literal> | <literal>yes</literal> | <literal>true</literal
362
 
        > | <literal >on</literal> | <literal>0</literal> | <literal
363
 
        >no</literal> | <literal>false</literal> | <literal
364
 
        >off</literal> }</option></term>
365
 
        <listitem>
366
 
          <para>
367
 
            Whether this client should be enabled by default.  The
368
 
            default is <quote>true</quote>.
 
332
            The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
 
333
            space-separated number of values, each of which is a
 
334
            number and a one-character suffix.  The suffix must be one
 
335
            of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
 
336
            <quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
 
337
            minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively.  The values are
 
338
            added together to give the total time value, so all of
 
339
            <quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
 
340
            <quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
 
341
            <quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
 
342
            of five minutes and thirty seconds.
369
343
          </para>
370
344
        </listitem>
371
345
      </varlistentry>
415
389
        <quote><literal>approval_duration</literal></quote>,
416
390
        <quote><literal>created</literal></quote>,
417
391
        <quote><literal>enabled</literal></quote>,
418
 
        <quote><literal>expires</literal></quote>,
419
392
        <quote><literal>fingerprint</literal></quote>,
420
393
        <quote><literal>host</literal></quote>,
421
394
        <quote><literal>interval</literal></quote>,
464
437
      <literal>%(<replaceable>foo</replaceable>)s</literal> is
465
438
      obscure.
466
439
    </para>
467
 
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
468
440
  </refsect1>
469
441
  
470
442
  <refsect1 id="example">
472
444
    <informalexample>
473
445
      <programlisting>
474
446
[DEFAULT]
475
 
timeout = PT5M
476
 
interval = PT2M
 
447
timeout = 5m
 
448
interval = 2m
477
449
checker = fping -q -- %%(host)s
478
450
 
479
451
# Client "foo"
496
468
        4T2zw4dxS5NswXWU0sVEXxjs6PYxuIiCTL7vdpx8QjBkrPWDrAbcMyBr2O
497
469
        QlnHIvPzEArRQLo=
498
470
host = foo.example.org
499
 
interval = PT1M
 
471
interval = 1m
500
472
 
501
473
# Client "bar"
502
474
[bar]
503
475
fingerprint = 3e393aeaefb84c7e89e2f547b3a107558fca3a27
504
476
secfile = /etc/mandos/bar-secret
505
 
timeout = PT15M
 
477
timeout = 15m
506
478
approved_by_default = False
507
 
approval_delay = PT30S
 
479
approval_delay = 30s
508
480
      </programlisting>
509
481
    </informalexample>
510
482
  </refsect1>
519
491
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>
520
492
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
521
493
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
522
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
523
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fping</refentrytitle>
524
494
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
525
495
    </para>
526
 
    <variablelist>
527
 
      <varlistentry>
528
 
        <term>
529
 
          RFC 3339: <citetitle>Date and Time on the Internet:
530
 
          Timestamps</citetitle>
531
 
        </term>
532
 
      <listitem>
533
 
        <para>
534
 
          The time intervals are in the "duration" format, as
535
 
          specified in ABNF in Appendix A of RFC 3339.
536
 
        </para>
537
 
      </listitem>
538
 
      </varlistentry>
539
 
    </variablelist>
540
496
  </refsect1>
541
497
</refentry>
542
498
<!-- Local Variables: -->