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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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<?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 "2008-09-12">
 
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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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]>
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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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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group rep="repeat">
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--global-env=<replaceable
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        >VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        >ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-G
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        <replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
 
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable> </option></arg>
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      </group>
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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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      <sbr/>
 
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      <arg><option>--plugin-helper-dir=<replaceable
 
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
 
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--config-file=<replaceable
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--global-env
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        <replaceable>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        >value</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Disable the plugin named
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            <replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable>.  The plugin will not be
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            started.
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      <varlistentry>
 
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        <term><option>--plugin-helper-dir
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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            Specify a different plugin helper directory.  The default
 
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            will exist in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk
 
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            environment.  (This will simply be passed to all plugins
 
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            via the <envar>MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR</envar> environment
 
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            variable.  See <xref linkend="writing_plugins"/>)
 
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        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        The plugin will run in the initial RAM disk environment, so
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        services not available there.  Any helper executables required
 
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        <envar>MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR</envar> environment variable.
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      <option>--global-env</option> and <option>--env-for</option>
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      <envar>MANDOSPLUGINHELPERDIR</envar> for the plugins.
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=mandos-client:--pubkey=/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt,--seckey=/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</userinput>
 
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<userinput>cd /etc/keys/mandos; &COMMANDNAME;  --config-file=/etc/mandos/plugin-runner.conf --plugin-dir /usr/lib/mandos/plugins.d --options-for=mandos-client:--pubkey=pubkey.txt,--seckey=seckey.txt</userinput>
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    </informalexample>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>