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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-19 13:25:14 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080819132514-wawrvgmfjovg9poj
* Makefile (DOCBOOKTOMAN): Added "--xinclude".

* mandos-options.xml: New file; moved mandos(8) option descriptions
                      here.

* mandos.conf.xml: Add XInclude namespace.
  (OPTIONS): New separate section with options from old "DESCRIPTION"
             section.  Changed all options to include a synopsis and
             include its paragraph from "mandos-options.xml".
  (FILES): Moved to before "EXAMPLES".
  (BUGS): New section.
  (EXAMPLES): Renamed to "EXAMPLE", as per man-pages(7).  Unindented
              example text.

* mandos.xml: Removed OVERVIEW entity.  Add XInclude namespace.
  (OPTIONS): Moved all descriptive paragraphs to "mandos-options.xml"
             and just <xi:include/> them from here.
  (OVERVIEW): Changed to do <xi:include/>.

* overview.xml: Added DOCTYPE; reportedly needed for XInclude to work.

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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos">
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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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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</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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    <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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      <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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      <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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        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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        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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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Gives encrypted passwords to authenticated Mandos clients
 
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      <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>
 
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      <arg>--interface<arg choice="plain">IF</arg></arg>
 
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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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          Security</citetitle>
 
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