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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2015-06-28 16:35:27 UTC
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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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<?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 COMMANDNAME "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-02">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-06-28">
 
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
 
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%common;
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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>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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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Run Mandos plugins.  Pass data from first succesful one.
 
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      Run Mandos plugins, pass data from first to succeed.
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--plugin-dir=<replaceable
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--plugin-helper-dir=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--config-file=<replaceable
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program which is meant to
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for the root disk.  The
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