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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2015-08-10 09:00:23 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@recompile.se-20150810090023-fz6vjqr7zf33e2tf
Support the standard org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager interface.

Now that the D-Bus standard has an interface to keep track of new and
removed objects, use that instead of our own methods.  This deprecates
our D-Bus methods "GetAllClients" and "GetAllClientsWithProperties"
and the signals "ClientAdded" and "ClientRemoved", all on the server
interface "se.recompile.Mandos".

* DBUS-API: Removed references to deprecated methods and signals;
  insert reference to the org.freedesktop.DBus.ObjectManager
  interface.
* mandos (DBusObjectWithProperties._get_all_interface_names): New.
  (dbus.OBJECT_MANAGER_IFACE): If not present, monkey patch.
  (DBusObjectWithObjectManager): New.
  (main/MandosDBusService): Inherit from DBusObjectWithObjectManager.
  (main/MandosDBusService.ClientRemoved): Annotate as deprecated.
  (main/MandosDBusService.GetAllClients): - '' -
  (main/MandosDBusService.GetAllClientsWithProperties): Annotate as
                                                        deprecated.
                                                        Also only
                                                        return
                                                        properties on
                                                        client
                                                        interface.
  (main/MandosDBusService.RemoveClient): Call client_removed_signal
                                         instead of ClientRemoved.
  (main/MandosDBusService.GetManagedObjects): New.
  (main/MandosDBusService.client_added_signal): New.
  (main/MandosDBusService.client_removed_signal): - '' -
  (main/cleanup): Call "client_removed_signal" instead of sending
                  "ClientRemoved" signal directly.
  (main): Call "client_added_signal" instead of sending "ClientAdded"
          signal directly.
* mandos-ctl: Use GetManagedObjects instead of
              GetAllClientsWithProperties.  Also, show better error
              message in case of failure to connect to the D-Bus

* mandos-monitor (MandosClientPropertyCache.properties_changed):
  Bug fix; only update properties on client interface.
  (UserInterface.find_and_remove_client): Change to accept arguments
                                          from InterfacesRemoved
                                          signal.  Also, bug fix:
                                          working error message when
                                          removing unknown client.
  (UserInterface.add_new_client): Change to accept arguments from
                                  InterfacesRemoved signal.  Pass
                                  properties to MandosClientWidget
                                  constructor.
  (UserInterface.run): Connect find_and_remove_client method to
                       InterfacesRemoved signal and the add_new_client
                       method to the InterfacesAdded signal.

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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 "2010-09-26">
 
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2015-07-20">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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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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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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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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      <year>2014</year>
 
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      <year>2015</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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      <arg><option>--no-dbus</option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--no-ipv6</option></arg>
 
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      <arg><option>--no-restore</option></arg>
 
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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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      <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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      <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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    <para>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a server daemon which
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      handles incoming request for passwords for a pre-defined list of
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      client host computers.  The Mandos server uses Zeroconf to
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      announce itself on the local network, and uses TLS to
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      communicate securely with and to authenticate the clients.  The
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      Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to use IPv6
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      link-local addresses, since the clients will probably not have
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      any other addresses configured (see <xref linkend="overview"/>).
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      Any authenticated client is then given the stored pre-encrypted
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      password for that specific client.
 
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      client host computers. For an introduction, see
 
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The Mandos server
 
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      uses Zeroconf to announce itself on the local network, and uses
 
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      TLS to communicate securely with and to authenticate the
 
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      clients.  The Mandos server uses IPv6 to allow Mandos clients to
 
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      not have any other addresses configured (see <xref
 
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      linkend="overview"/>).  Any authenticated client is then given
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="ipv6"/>
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        <term><option>--no-restore</option></term>
 
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          <xi:include href="mandos-options.xml" xpointer="restore"/>
 
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
 
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