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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">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2012-01-01">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2014-06-15">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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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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      <year>2013</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>--statedir
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--socket
 
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      <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--foreground</option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-zeroconf</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <term><option>--priority <replaceable>
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        PRIORITY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="priority"/>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
 
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                      xpointer="priority_compat"/>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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          <para>
 
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            See also <xref linkend="persistent_state"/>.
 
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="statedir"/>
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        </listitem>
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--socket
 
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        <replaceable>FD</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="socket"/>
 
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        <term><option>--foreground</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml"
 
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        <term><option>--no-zeroconf</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="zeroconf"/>
 
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
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      extended timeout, checker program, and interval between checks
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      can be configured both globally and per client; see
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  A client successfully
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      receiving its password will also be treated as a successful
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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    <title>PERSISTENT STATE</title>
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>, are persistent across
 
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      <filename>clients.conf</filename>.  However, if a setting is
 
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    <title>D-BUS INTERFACE</title>
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        <term><filename>/var/run/mandos.pid</filename></term>
 
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          <para>
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            The file containing the process id of the
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            <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> process started last.
 
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      This server does not check the expire time of clients’ OpenPGP
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