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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2012-05-12 15:45:57 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20120512154557-r1yzcb8su8byp4us
* mandos (Client.enable, Client.disable, ClientDBus.approve): Call
                    self.send_changedstate() after change, not before.
  (Client.disable): Bug fix: Handle disable_initiator_tag and
                    checker_initiator_tag of 0.
  (Client.init_checker): Bug fix: Remove old checker_initiator_tag and
                         disable_initiator_tag, if any.
  (Client.bump_timeout): Bug fix: Remove old disable_initiator_tag, if
                         any.
  (ClientDBus.Timeout_dbus_property): Bug fix: Use self.expires.
  (ClientHandler.handle): Bug fix: timedelta_to_milliseconds is a
                          global function, not a class method.
* mandos-monitor (MandosClientWidget._update_timer_callback_lock):
  Removed.  All users changed.
  (MandosClientWidget.last_checked_ok): Removed (unused).
  (MandosClientWidget.__init__): Don't call self.using_timer().
  (MandosClientWidget.property_changed): Removed unused version.
  (MandosClientWidget.using_timer): Stop using the counter
                                    self._update_timer_callback_lock;
                                    be strictly boolean.
  (MandosClientWidget.need_approval): Don't call self.using_timer().
  (MandosClientWidget.update): Call self.using_timer() throughout.
                               Bug fix: Never show negative timers.

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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 "mandos">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2010-09-26">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-15">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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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      <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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      <year>2012</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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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--debuglevel
 
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      <replaceable>LEVEL</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--statedir
 
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers.  The Mandos server uses Zeroconf to
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      announce itself on the local network, and uses TLS to
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      communicate securely with and to authenticate the clients.  The
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      Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to use IPv6
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      link-local addresses, since the clients will probably not have
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      any other addresses configured (see <xref linkend="overview"/>).
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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      password for that specific client.
 
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
 
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