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* plugins.d/mandos-client.c (SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS): Document
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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 COMMANDNAME "usplash">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
 
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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@recompile.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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        </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>2011</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>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
 
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
 
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  </refmeta>
 
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  <refnamediv>
 
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
 
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    <refpurpose>Mandos plugin to use usplash to get a
 
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    password.</refpurpose>
 
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  </refnamediv>
 
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
 
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    <cmdsynopsis>
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
 
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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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      This program prompts for a password using <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>usplash</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry> and outputs any given password to standard
 
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      output.  If no <citerefentry><refentrytitle
 
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      >usplash</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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      process can be found, this program will immediately exit with an
 
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      exit code indicating failure.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      This program is not very useful on its own.  This program is
 
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      really meant to run as a plugin in the <application
 
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      >Mandos</application> client-side system, where it is used as a
 
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      fallback and alternative to retrieving passwords from a
 
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      <application >Mandos</application> server.
 
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    </para>
 
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    <para>
 
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      If this program is killed (presumably by
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> because some other
 
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      plugin provided the password), it cannot tell <citerefentry>
 
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      <refentrytitle>usplash</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 
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      </citerefentry> to abort requesting a password, because
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>usplash</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> does not support this.
 
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      Therefore, this program will then <emphasis>kill</emphasis> the
 
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      running <citerefentry><refentrytitle>usplash</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> process and start a
 
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      <emphasis>new</emphasis> one using the same command line
 
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      arguments as the old one was using.
 
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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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      This program takes no options.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
 
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
 
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    <para>
 
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      If exit status is 0, the output from the program is the password
 
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      as it was read.  Otherwise, if exit status is other than 0, the
 
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      program was interrupted or encountered an error, and any output
 
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      so far could be corrupt and/or truncated, and should therefore
 
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      be ignored.
 
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    </para>
 
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  </refsect1>
 
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
 
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><envar>cryptsource</envar></term>
 
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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>
 
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        <listitem>
 
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          <para>
 
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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to
 
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            contain the source device name and the target device
 
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            mapper name, respectively, and will be shown as part of
 
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            the prompt.
 
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        </para>
 
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        <para>
 
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          These variables will normally be inherited from
 
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          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>
 
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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will
 
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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the
 
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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will
 
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          have set them from parsing kernel arguments and
 
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          <filename>/conf/conf.d/cryptroot</filename> (also in the
 
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          initial RAM disk environment), which in turn will have been
 
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          created when the initial RAM disk image was created by
 
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          <filename
 
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          >/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot</filename>, by
 
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          extracting the information of the root file system from
 
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          <filename >/etc/crypttab</filename>.
 
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        </para>
 
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        <para>
 
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          This behavior is meant to exactly mirror the behavior of
 
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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter.
 
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  <refsect1 id="files">
 
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    <title>FILES</title>
 
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    <variablelist>
 
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><filename>/dev/.initramfs/usplash_fifo</filename></term>
 
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            This is the <acronym>FIFO</acronym> to where this program
 
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            >usplash</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 
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            </citerefentry>.  See <citerefentry><refentrytitle
 
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        <term><filename>/dev/.initramfs/usplash_outfifo</filename></term>
 
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            This is the <acronym>FIFO</acronym> where this program
 
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        <term><filename class="directory">/proc</filename></term>
 
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            </citerefentry>, this directory will be searched for
 
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