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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 COMMANDNAME "password-agent">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-24">
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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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  <refentryinfo>
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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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    <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@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@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>2019</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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  </refentryinfo>
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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  </refmeta>
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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Run Mandos client as a systemd password agent.
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    </refpurpose>
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  </refnamediv>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <arg><option>--agent-directory=<replaceable
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--helper-directory=<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>--user=<replaceable
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      >USERID</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <!-- <arg><option>-\-userid=<replaceable -->
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      <!-- >ID</replaceable></option></arg> -->
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      <!-- <sbr/> -->
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      <arg><option>--group=<replaceable
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      >GROUPID</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <!-- <arg><option>-\-groupid=<replaceable -->
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      <!-- >ID</replaceable></option></arg> -->
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      <!-- <sbr/> -->
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      <arg>--</arg>
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      <arg>
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        <replaceable>MANDOS_CLIENT</replaceable>
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        <group rep="repeat">
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          <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></arg>
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        </group>
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      </arg>
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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>--test</option></arg>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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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>-?</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>--usage</option></arg>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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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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      </group>
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    </cmdsynopsis>
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  </refsynopsisdiv>
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    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program which is meant to
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      be a <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> <quote>Password
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      Agent</quote> (See <ulink
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      url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents/"
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      >Password Agents</ulink>).  The aim of this program is therefore
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      to acquire and then send a password to some other program which
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      will use the password to unlock the encrypted root disk.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      This program is not meant to be invoked directly, but can be in
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      order to test it.
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    <title>PURPOSE</title>
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    <para>
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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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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--agent-directory
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Specify a different agent directory.  The default is
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            <quote><filename class="directory"
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            >/run/systemd/ask-password</filename ></quote> as per the
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            <ulink
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            url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents/"
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            >Password Agents</ulink> specification.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            <quote><filename class="directory"
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                             ></quote>, which
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            will exist in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk
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            environment.  (This will simply be passed to the
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            See
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            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle
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            ><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>.)
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <replaceable>USERID</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle
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            <quote><option>--</option></quote> option is given, any
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            <quote><filename
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            >/lib/mandos/plugins.d/mandos-client</filename ></quote>
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            options.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>-?</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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    <replaceable>MANDOS_CLIENT</replaceable> program, sends that
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  </refsect1>
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  </refsect1>
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  </refsect1>
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            </para>
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                          ></term>
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  </refsect1>
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    <xi:include href="../bugs.xml"/>
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; -- /lib/mandos/mandos-client --pubkey=/etc/mandos/keys/pubkey.txt --seckey=/etc/mandos/keys/seckey.txt --tls-pubkey=/etc/mandos/keys/tls-pubkey.pem --tls-privkey=/etc/mandos/keys/tls-privkey.pem</userinput>
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    <informalexample>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="security">
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
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    <para>
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      This program will need to run as the root user in order to read
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      the agent directory and the <quote><filename
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      >ask.<replaceable>xxxx</replaceable></filename></quote> files
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      require the ability to set the <quote>real</quote> user and
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      group ids to another user, by default user and group 65534,
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      which are assumed to be non-privileged.  This is done in order
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