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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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<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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<email>belorn@recompile.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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<email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
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<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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<xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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<refentrytitle>&CONFNAME;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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start time expansion, see <xref linkend="expansion"/>.
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Uknown options are ignored. The used options are as follows:
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Unknown options are ignored. The used options are as follows:
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<term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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The timeout is how long the server will wait for a
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successful checker run until a client is considered
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invalid - that is, ineligible to get the data this server
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holds. By default Mandos will use 1 hour.
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The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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number and a one-character suffix. The suffix must be one
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of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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<quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
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minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively. The values are
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added together to give the total time value, so all of
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<quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
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<quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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of five minutes and thirty seconds.
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<term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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still up. <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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not be started if an old one is still running. The server
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will wait for a checker to complete until the above
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<quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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time the client will be marked invalid, and any running
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checker killed. The default interval is 5 minutes.
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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> above.
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<term><option>approval_delay<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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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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The format of <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is the same
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as for <varname>timeout</varname> below.
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<term><option>approval_duration<literal> = </literal
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><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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How long an external approval lasts. The default is 1
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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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<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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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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<term><option>checker<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>COMMAND</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>extended_timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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Extended timeout is an added timeout that is given once
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after a password has been sent successfully to a client.
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The timeout is by default longer than the normal timeout,
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and is used for handling the extra long downtime while a
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machine is booting up. Time to take into consideration
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when changing this value is file system checks and quota
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checks. The default value is 15 minutes.
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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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<term><option>fingerprint<literal> = </literal
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><replaceable>HEXSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
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>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>, but highly
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<emphasis>recommended</emphasis> unless the
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<option>checker</option> option is modified to a
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non-standard value without <quote>%%(host)s</quote> in it.
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Host name for this client. This is not used by the server
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directly, but can be, and is by default, used by the
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checker. See the <option>checker</option> option.
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<term><option>interval<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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How often to run the checker to confirm that a client is
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still up. <emphasis>Note:</emphasis> a new checker will
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not be started if an old one is still running. The server
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will wait for a checker to complete until the below
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<quote><varname>timeout</varname></quote> occurs, at which
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time the client will be disabled, and any running checker
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killed. The default interval is 2 minutes.
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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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<term><option>secfile<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is only used if <option>secret</option> is not
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specified, in which case this option is
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<emphasis>required</emphasis>.
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Similar to the <option>secret</option>, except the secret
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data is in an external file. The contents of the file
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should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be base64-encoded, but
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will be sent to clients verbatim.
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File names of the form <filename>~user/foo/bar</filename>
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and <filename>$<envar>ENVVAR</envar>/foo/bar</filename>
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<term><option>secret<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>BASE64_ENCODED_DATA</replaceable></option></term>
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<term><option>secfile<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>FILENAME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is only used if <option>secret</option> is not
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specified, in which case this option is
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<emphasis>required</emphasis>.
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Similar to the <option>secret</option>, except the secret
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data is in an external file. The contents of the file
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should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be base64-encoded, but
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will be sent to clients verbatim.
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<term><option><literal>host = </literal><replaceable
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>STRING</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>, but highly
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<emphasis>recommended</emphasis> unless the
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<option>checker</option> option is modified to a
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non-standard value without <quote>%(host)s</quote> in it.
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Host name for this client. This is not used by the server
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directly, but can be, and is by default, used by the
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checker. See the <option>checker</option> option.
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<term><option>timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
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>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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This option is <emphasis>optional</emphasis>.
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The timeout is how long the server will wait, after a
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successful checker run, until a client is disabled and not
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allowed to get the data this server holds. By default
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Mandos will use 5 minutes. See also the
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<option>extended_timeout</option> option.
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The <replaceable>TIME</replaceable> is specified as a
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space-separated number of values, each of which is a
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number and a one-character suffix. The suffix must be one
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of <quote>d</quote>, <quote>s</quote>, <quote>m</quote>,
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<quote>h</quote>, and <quote>w</quote> for days, seconds,
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minutes, hours, and weeks, respectively. The values are
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added together to give the total time value, so all of
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<quote><literal>330s</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>110s 110s 110s</literal></quote>, and
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<quote><literal>5m 30s</literal></quote> will give a value
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of five minutes and thirty seconds.
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<quote><literal>%%(<replaceable>foo</replaceable>)s</literal
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></quote> will be replaced by the value of the attribute
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<varname>foo</varname> of the internal
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<quote><classname>Client</classname></quote> object. See the
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source code for details, and let the authors know of any
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attributes that are useful so they may be preserved to any new
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versions of this software.
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<quote><classname>Client</classname></quote> object in the
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Mandos server. The currently allowed values for
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<replaceable>foo</replaceable> are:
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<quote><literal>approval_delay</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>approval_duration</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>created</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>enabled</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>fingerprint</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>host</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>interval</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>last_approval_request</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>last_checked_ok</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>last_enabled</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>name</literal></quote>,
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<quote><literal>timeout</literal></quote>, and, if using
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D-Bus, <quote><literal>dbus_object_path</literal></quote>.
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See the source code for details. <emphasis role="strong"
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>Currently, <emphasis>none</emphasis> of these attributes
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except <quote><literal>host</literal></quote> are guaranteed
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to be valid in future versions.</emphasis> Therefore, please
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let the authors know of any attributes that are useful so they
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may be preserved to any new versions of this software.
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Note that this means that, in order to include an actual