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  • Committer: teddy at bsnet
  • Date: 2011-12-25 00:40:09 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20111225004009-n5uimmac6h8djtv8
* plugin-runner.c (add_to_char_array): Added "nonnull" attribute.
  (add_argument): Added "nonnull" attribute on the "arg" argument.
  (add_environment): Added "nonnull" attribute on the "def" argument.
  (print_out_password, free_plugin): Added "nonnull" attribute.
  (main/parse_opt): Added "nonnull" attribute on the "state" argument.
* plugins.d/mandos-client.c (perror_plus): Bug fix; restore errno
                                           after fprintf().
* plugins.d/password-prompt.c (fprintf_plus): New.
 (conflict_detection/is_plymouth, main/parse_opt): Added "nonnull"
                                                   attribute.
 (conflict_detection/is_plymouth, conflict_detection, main): Bug fix;
                                                             Call
                                                             error_plus()
                                                             instead
                                                             of
                                                             error().
  (main/parse_opt): Added "nonnull" attribute on the "state" argument.
* plugins.d/plymouth.c (exec_and_wait): Added "nonnull" attribute on
                                        the "path" and "argv"
                                        arguments.
  (is_plymouth): Added "nonnull" attribute.

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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 VERSION "1.0">
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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 "2008-09-12">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-11-26">
 
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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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    <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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    <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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          <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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
 
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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>2010</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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      ><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 valid, even
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      if a client was declared invalid in a previous run of the
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      server.
 
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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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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>timeout<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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            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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          <para>
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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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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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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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          </para>
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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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          </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> above.
 
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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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            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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        <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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        <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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            Whether to approve a client by default after
 
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            <varname>PATH</varname> will be searched.  The default
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            >--</option> %(host)s</literal></quote>.
 
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        <term><option>extended_timeout<literal> = </literal><replaceable
 
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        <term><option>fingerprint<literal> = </literal
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        ><replaceable>HEXSTRING</replaceable></option></term>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos.conf</refentrytitle>