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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-18 03:25:01 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080818032501-2cl874fi3uvsqn1b
* mandos.xml (SYNOPSIS): Removed unnecessary 'choice="opt"' from <arg>
                         tags.  Also show the "-h" option.
  (OPTIONS): Note that failure to obey the "--interface" option is not
             considered critical.
  (ENVIRONMENT): New section to document the use of PATH by /bin/sh.
  (FILES): Added "/bin/sh".
  (BUGS): Add five bugs from the TODO file.
  (EXAMPLES): Renamed to "EXAMPLE", as per man-pages(7).
  (SERVER, CLIENTS): Added "id" attribute.
  (CLIENT): Document the security implications of one of the five
            bugs added to the BUGS section.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 
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        href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-12">
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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<refentry>
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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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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</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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    </authorgroup>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
 
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 
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        later version.
 
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      </para>
 
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      <para>
 
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
 
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 
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        for more details.
 
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      <para>
 
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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        License along with this program; If not, see
 
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  <refmeta>
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-d
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--length
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--subtype
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--sublength
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--name
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <group>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <group>
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--force</option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--password</option></arg>
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      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
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    <para>
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      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
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      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
 
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 
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