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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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This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
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and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
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either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
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be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
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implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
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License along with this program; If not, see
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<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
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<xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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<refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<group choice="req">
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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<group choice="req">
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="description">
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The keys are
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The key is
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normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the
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initrd image, but this, like most things, can be changed with
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command line options.
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initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be changed
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with command line options.
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It can also be used to generate ready-made sections for
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This program can also be used with the
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<option>--password</option> or <option>--passfile</option>
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options to generate a ready-made section for
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<filename>clients.conf</filename> (see
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> using the
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<option>--password</option> option.
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
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<title>PURPOSE</title>
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The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended
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rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an
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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref
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linkend="overview"/> for details.
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<refsect1 id="options">
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<title>OPTIONS</title>
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<term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
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<term><option>--help</option></term>
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<term><option>-h</option></term>
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Show a help message and exit
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<term><literal>-d</literal>, <literal>--dir
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<replaceable>directory</replaceable></literal></term>
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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Target directory for key files. Default is
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<filename>/etc/mandos</filename>.
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<term><literal>-t</literal>, <literal>--type
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<replaceable>type</replaceable></literal></term>
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Key type. Default is <quote>DSA</quote>.
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<term><literal>-l</literal>, <literal>--length
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<replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
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Key length in bits. Default is 2048.
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<term><literal>-s</literal>, <literal>--subtype
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<replaceable>type</replaceable></literal></term>
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Subkey type. Default is <quote>ELG-E</quote> (Elgamal
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<filename class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename>.
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<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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Key type. Default is <quote>RSA</quote>.
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<term><option>--length
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<replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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Key length in bits. Default is 4096.
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<term><option>--subtype
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<replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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Subkey type. Default is <quote>RSA</quote> (Elgamal
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encryption-only).
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<term><literal>-L</literal>, <literal>--sublength
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<replaceable>bits</replaceable></literal></term>
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<term><option>--sublength
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<replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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Subkey length in bits. Default is 2048.
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Subkey length in bits. Default is 4096.
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<term><literal>-e</literal>, <literal>--email</literal>
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<replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>--email
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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Email address of key. Default is empty.
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<term><literal>-c</literal>, <literal>--comment</literal>
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<replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>--comment
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<replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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Comment field for key. The default value is
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<quote><literal>Mandos client key</literal></quote>.
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Comment field for key. Default is empty.
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<term><literal>-x</literal>, <literal>--expire</literal>
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<replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
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<term><option>--expire
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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Key expire time. Default is no expiration. See
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>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The host name or the name
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specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
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for the section header. All other options are ignored,
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and no keys are created.
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and no key is created.
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<term><option>--passfile
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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The same as <option>--password</option>, but read from
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<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal.
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<title>OVERVIEW</title>
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This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for inclusion in
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<filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
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<title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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The exit status will be 0 if new keys were successfully created,
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The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
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<option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
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created, otherwise not.
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Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
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class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
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suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
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Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
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<filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
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suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
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<title>SECURITY</title>
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The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
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<option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
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options can be used to create keys of insufficient security. If
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in doubt, leave them to the default values.
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options can be used to create keys of low security. If in
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doubt, leave them to the default values.
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The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
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honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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<refsect1 id="see_also">
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>