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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2015-06-28 16:35:27 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 759.
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20150628163527-cky0ec59zew7teua
Add a plugin helper directory, available to all plugins.

* Makefile (PLUGIN_HELPERS): New; list of plugin helpers.
  (CPROGS): Appended "$(PLUGIN_HELPERS)".
* initramfs-tools-hook: Create new plugin helper directory, and copy
                        plugin helpers provided by the system and/or
                        by the local administrator.
  (PLUGINHELPERDIR): New.
* plugin-runner.c: Take new --plugin-helper-dir option and provide
                   environment variable to all plugins.
  (PHDIR): New; set to "/lib/mandos/plugin-helpers".
  (main/pluginhelperdir): New.
  (main/options): New option "--plugin-helper-dir".
  (main/parse_opt, main/parse_opt_config_file): Accept new option.
  (main): Use new option to set MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR environment
          variable as if using --global-env MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR=...
* plugin-runner.xml: Document new --plugin-helper-dir option.
  (SYNOPSIS, OPTIONS): Add "--plugin-helper-dir" option.
  (PLUGINS/WRITING PLUGINS): Document new environment variable
                             available to plugins.
  (ENVIRONMENT): Document new environment variable
                 "MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR" affected by the new
                 --plugin-helper-dir option.

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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-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-10-03">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2014-06-22">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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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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      <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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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--force</option></arg>
 
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      <group>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--force</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-f</option></arg>
 
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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-n
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--no-ssh</option></arg>
 
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-S</option></arg>
 
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Target directory for key files.  Default is
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            <filename>/etc/mandos</filename>.
 
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            <filename class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename>.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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            Key type.  Default is <quote>DSA</quote>.
 
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            Key type.  Default is <quote>RSA</quote>.
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          </para>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Key length in bits.  Default is 2048.
 
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            Key length in bits.  Default is 4096.
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          </para>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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            Subkey type.  Default is <quote>ELG-E</quote> (Elgamal
 
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            Subkey type.  Default is <quote>RSA</quote> (Elgamal
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            encryption-only).
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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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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        <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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          </para>
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            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
 
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            for this host and, if successful, output suitable config
 
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    </variablelist>
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        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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