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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-18 23:55:28 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080818235528-dn628nlbrtzl7z4f
* Makefile: Bug fix: fixed creation of man pages for section 5 pages.

* mandos (main): Changed from requiring "[server]" in mandos.conf(5)
                 to requiring "[DEFAULT]".

* mandos.conf ([server]): Renamed to "[DEFAULT]".

* mandos.conf.xml: Removed <?xml-stylesheet>.  New entity "&OVERVIEW;"
                   referring to "overview.xml".
  (DESCRIPTION): Updated to specify the syntax more precisely.  Use
                 <varname> around the option names.

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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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<!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 "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-18">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
 
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<!ENTITY OVERVIEW SYSTEM "overview.xml">
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]>
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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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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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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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    <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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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.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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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.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>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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      <year>2016</year>
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      <year>2017</year>
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      <year>2018</year>
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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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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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    <legalnotice>
 
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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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        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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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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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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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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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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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Email address of key.  Default is empty.
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--comment
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-c
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-c</literal>, <literal>--comment</literal>
 
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        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
 
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
 
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            "<literal>Mandos client key</literal>".
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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317
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      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--expire
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-x
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-x</literal>, <literal>--expire</literal>
 
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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331
 
      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--tls-keytype
333
 
        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-T
335
 
        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            TLS key type.  Default is <quote>ed25519</quote>
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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>--force</option></term>
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Force overwriting old key.
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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>--password</option></term>
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        <term><option>-p</option></term>
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        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
358
 
            present in either <filename>/etc/keys/mandos</filename> or
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            the directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
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            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
361
 
            for inclusion in <citerefentry><refentrytitle
362
 
            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
363
 
            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
364
 
            specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
365
 
            for the section header.  All other options are ignored,
366
 
            and no key is created.  Note: white space is stripped from
367
 
            the beginning and from the end of the password; See <xref
368
 
            linkend="bugs"/>.
369
 
          </para>
370
 
        </listitem>
371
 
      </varlistentry>
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      <varlistentry>
373
 
        <term><option>--passfile
374
 
        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
375
 
        <term><option>-F
376
 
        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
377
 
        <listitem>
378
 
          <para>
379
 
            The same as <option>--password</option>, but read from
380
 
            <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal, and
381
 
            white space is not stripped from the password in any way.
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          </para>
383
 
        </listitem>
384
 
      </varlistentry>
385
 
      <varlistentry>
386
 
        <term><option>--no-ssh</option></term>
387
 
        <term><option>-S</option></term>
388
 
        <listitem>
389
 
          <para>
390
 
            When <option>--password</option> or
391
 
            <option>--passfile</option> is given, this option will
392
 
            prevent <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> from calling
393
 
            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
394
 
            for this host and, if successful, output suitable config
395
 
            options to use this fingerprint as a
396
 
            <option>checker</option> option in the output.  This is
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            otherwise the default behavior.
 
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259
      <varlistentry>
 
260
        <term><literal>-f</literal>, <literal>--force</literal></term>
 
261
        <listitem>
 
262
          <para>
 
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            Force overwriting old keys.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
 
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    &OVERVIEW;
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    <para>
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      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
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      keys for new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for
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      inclusion in <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
 
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      This program is a small program to generate new OpenPGP keys for
 
275
      new Mandos clients.
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276
    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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281
    <para>
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      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
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      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
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      created, otherwise not.
 
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      The exit status will be 0 if new keys were successfully created,
 
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      otherwise not.
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    </para>
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285
  </refsect1>
422
286
  
424
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
425
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    <variablelist>
426
290
      <varlistentry>
427
 
        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
 
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        <term><varname>TMPDIR</varname></term>
428
292
        <listitem>
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293
          <para>
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294
            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
436
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    </variablelist>
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  </refsect1>
438
302
  
439
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
303
  <refsect1 id="file">
440
304
    <title>FILES</title>
441
305
    <para>
442
306
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
445
309
    </para>
446
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    <variablelist>
447
311
      <varlistentry>
448
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
 
312
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
449
313
        <listitem>
450
314
          <para>
451
315
            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
454
318
        </listitem>
455
319
      </varlistentry>
456
320
      <varlistentry>
457
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
 
321
        <term><filename>/etc/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
458
322
        <listitem>
459
323
          <para>
460
324
            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
463
327
        </listitem>
464
328
      </varlistentry>
465
329
      <varlistentry>
466
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename></term>
467
 
        <listitem>
468
 
          <para>
469
 
            Private key file which will be created or overwritten.
470
 
          </para>
471
 
        </listitem>
472
 
      </varlistentry>
473
 
      <varlistentry>
474
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename></term>
475
 
        <listitem>
476
 
          <para>
477
 
            Public key file which will be created or overwritten.
478
 
          </para>
479
 
        </listitem>
480
 
      </varlistentry>
481
 
      <varlistentry>
482
 
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
 
330
        <term><filename>/tmp</filename></term>
483
331
        <listitem>
484
332
          <para>
485
333
            Temporary files will be written here if
489
337
      </varlistentry>
490
338
    </variablelist>
491
339
  </refsect1>
492
 
  
 
340
 
493
341
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
494
342
    <title>BUGS</title>
495
343
    <para>
496
 
      The <option>--password</option>/<option>-p</option> option
497
 
      strips white space from the start and from the end of the
498
 
      password before using it.  If this is a problem, use the
499
 
      <option>--passfile</option> option instead, which does not do
500
 
      this.
 
344
      None are known at this time.
501
345
    </para>
502
 
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
503
346
  </refsect1>
504
 
  
 
347
 
505
348
  <refsect1 id="example">
506
349
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
507
350
    <informalexample>
509
352
        Normal invocation needs no options:
510
353
      </para>
511
354
      <para>
512
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
355
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
513
356
      </para>
514
357
    </informalexample>
515
358
    <informalexample>
516
359
      <para>
517
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
360
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
518
361
        overwriting old key files:
519
362
      </para>
520
363
      <para>
521
364
 
522
365
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
523
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
524
 
 
525
 
      </para>
526
 
    </informalexample>
527
 
    <informalexample>
528
 
      <para>
529
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in <filename
530
 
        class="directory">/etc/keys/mandos</filename> and output a
531
 
        section suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
532
 
      </para>
533
 
      <para>
534
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
535
 
      </para>
536
 
    </informalexample>
537
 
    <informalexample>
538
 
      <para>
539
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in the
540
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
541
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
542
 
      </para>
543
 
      <para>
544
 
 
545
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
546
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
366
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
547
367
 
548
368
      </para>
549
369
    </informalexample>
550
370
  </refsect1>
551
 
  
 
371
 
552
372
  <refsect1 id="security">
553
373
    <title>SECURITY</title>
554
374
    <para>
555
 
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
556
 
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
557
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
558
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
375
      The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
 
376
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
377
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
559
378
    </para>
560
379
    <para>
561
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
562
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
380
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
381
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
563
382
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
564
383
    </para>
565
384
  </refsect1>
566
 
  
 
385
 
567
386
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
568
387
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
569
388
    <para>
570
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
389
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
571
390
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
391
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
392
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
572
393
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
573
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
574
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
575
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
576
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
577
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
578
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
579
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
580
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
581
394
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
582
395
    </para>
583
396
  </refsect1>
584
397
  
585
398
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586
 
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587
 
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