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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 "plugin-runner">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2008-09-04">
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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@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@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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	</address>
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      </author>
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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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    </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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  <refnamediv>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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    <refpurpose>
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      Run Mandos plugins.  Pass data from first succesful one.
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    </refpurpose>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group rep="repeat">
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--global-env=<replaceable
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	>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable></option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>-G
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	<replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable> </option></arg>
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      </group>
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      <sbr/>
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      <group rep="repeat">
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--env-for=<replaceable
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	>PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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	>ENV</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable></option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>-E<replaceable>
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	PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable> </option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--global-options=<replaceable
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	>OPTIONS</replaceable></option></arg>
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	OPTIONS</replaceable> </option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--options-for=<replaceable
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	>PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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	>OPTIONS</replaceable></option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>-o<replaceable>
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	PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal><replaceable
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	>OPTIONS</replaceable> </option></arg>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--disable=<replaceable
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	>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></arg>
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	<replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable> </option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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	<arg choice="plain"><option>--enable=<replaceable
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	<replaceable>PLUGIN</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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      <arg><option>--userid=<replaceable
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      >ID</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      >DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--config-file=<replaceable
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      >FILE</replaceable></option></arg>
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      <sbr/>
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      <arg><option>--debug</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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    <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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  <refsect1 id="description">
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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 specified as a <quote>keyscript</quote> for the root disk in
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The aim of this
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      program is therefore to output a password, which then
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> will use to unlock the
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      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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    <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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  </refsect1>
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    <title>OPTIONS</title>
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    <variablelist>
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      <varlistentry>
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	<term><option>--global-env
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	<replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable></option></term>
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	<term><option>-G
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	<replaceable>VAR</replaceable><literal>=</literal><replaceable
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	>value</replaceable></option></term>
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	  <para>
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	    variable.
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	<term><option>--env-for
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	<replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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	><replaceable>value</replaceable></option></term>
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	<term><option>-E
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	<replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable><literal>:</literal
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	  <para>
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	<replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></option></term>
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	    Pass some options to <emphasis>all</emphasis> plugins.
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	    option to all plugins.
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	  </para>
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	><replaceable>OPTION</replaceable></option></term>
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	    <emphasis>not</emphasis> work.
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	  </para>
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	</listitem>
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	<term><option>--disable
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	<replaceable>PLUGIN</replaceable></option></term>
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	  <para>
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	<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
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	    Gives a help message about options and their meanings.
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	<term><option>--version</option></term>
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	<listitem>
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	  <para>
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	    Prints the program version.
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      </varlistentry>
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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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    <para>
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      This program will run on the client side in the initial
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      <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, and is responsible for
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      getting a password.  It does this by running plugins, one of
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      which will normally be the actual client program communicating
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      with the server.
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  <refsect1 id="plugins">
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    <title>PLUGINS</title>
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    <para>
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      This program will get a password by running a number of
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      <firstterm>plugins</firstterm>, which are simply executable
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      programs in a directory in the initial <acronym>RAM</acronym>
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      disk environment.  The default directory is
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      <filename>/lib/mandos/plugins.d</filename>, but this can be
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      changed with the <option>--plugin-dir</option> option.  The
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      plugins are started in parallel, and the first plugin to output
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      a password <emphasis>and</emphasis> exit with a successful exit
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      code will make this plugin-runner output the password from that
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      plugin, stop any other plugins, and exit.
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    </para>
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    <refsect2 id="writing_plugins">
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      <title>WRITING PLUGINS</title>
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      <para>
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	A plugin is simply a program which prints a password to its
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	standard output and then exits with a successful (zero) exit
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	status.  If the exit status is not zero, any output on
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	standard output will be ignored by the plugin runner.  Any
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	output on its standard error channel will simply be passed to
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	the standard error of the plugin runner, usually the system
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	console.
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      <para>
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	The plugin will run in the initial RAM disk environment, so
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	care must be taken not to depend on any files or running
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	services not available there.
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      <para>
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	The plugin must exit cleanly and free all allocated resources
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	upon getting the TERM signal, since this is what the plugin
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	runner uses to stop all other plugins when one plugin has
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	output a password and exited cleanly.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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	The plugin must not use resources, like for instance reading
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	from the standard input, without knowing that no other plugin
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	is also using it.
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      </para>
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      <para>
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	It is useful, but not required, for the plugin to take the
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	<option>--debug</option> option.
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    </refsect2>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="fallback">
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    <title>FALLBACK</title>
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    <para>
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      If no plugins succeed, this program will, as a fallback, ask for
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      a password on the console using <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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      >getpass</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      and output it.  This is not meant to be the normal mode of
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      operation, as there is a separate plugin for getting a password
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      from the console.
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    </para>
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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
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    <para>
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      Exit status of this program is zero if no errors were
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      encountered, and otherwise not.  The fallback (see <xref
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      linkend="fallback"/>) may or may not have succeeded in either
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      case.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="environment">
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    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
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    <para>
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      This program does not use any environment variables itself, it
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      only passes on its environment to all the plugins.  The
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      environment passed to plugins can be modified using the
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      <option>--global-env</option> and <option>--env-for</option>
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      optins.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="files">
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      <variablelist>
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	<varlistentry>
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	  <term><filename
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	  >/conf/conf.d/mandos/plugin-runner.conf</filename></term>
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	  <listitem>
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	    <para>
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	      Since this program will be run as a keyscript, there is
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	      little to no opportunity to pass command line arguments
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	      to it.  Therefore, it will <emphasis>also</emphasis>
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	      read this file and use its contents as
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	      whitespace-separated command line options.  Also,
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	      everything from a <quote>#</quote> character to the end
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	      of a line is ignored.
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	    </para>
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	    <para>
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	      This program is meant to run in the initial RAM disk
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	      environment, so that is where this file is assumed to
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	      exist.  The file does not need to exist in the normal
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	      file system.
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	    </para>
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	    <para>
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	      This file will be processed <emphasis>before</emphasis>
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	      the normal command line options, so the latter can
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	      override the former, if need be.
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	    </para>
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	    <para>
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	      This file name is the default; the file to read for
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	      arguments can be changed using the
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	      <option>--config-file</option> option.
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	    </para>
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	  </listitem>
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	</varlistentry>
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      </variablelist>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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<!--   <refsect1 id="bugs"> -->
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<!--     <title>BUGS</title> -->
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<!--     <para> -->
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<!--     </para> -->
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<!--   </refsect1> -->
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  <refsect1 id="examples">
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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	Normal invocation needs no options:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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	<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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	Run the program, but not the plugins, in debug mode:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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	<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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	<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --debug</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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	Run all plugins, but run the <quote>foo</quote> plugin in
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	debug mode:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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	<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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	<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --options-for=foo:--debug</userinput>
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      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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      <para>
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	Run all plugins, but not the program, in debug mode:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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558
	<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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	<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --global-options=--debug</userinput>
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561
      </para>
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    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
564
      <para>
565
	Run plugins from a different directory and add a special
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	option to the <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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	>password-request</refentrytitle>
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	<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry> plugin:
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      </para>
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      <para>
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
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<userinput>&COMMANDNAME;  --plugin-dir=plugins.d --options-for=password-request:--keydir=keydir</userinput>
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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, when starting, try to switch to another user.
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      If it is started as root, it will succeed, and will by default
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      switch to user and group 65534, which are assumed to be
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      non-privileged.  This user and group is then what all plugins
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      will be started as.  Therefore, the only way to run a plugin as
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      a privileged user is to have the set-user-ID or set-group-ID bit
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      set on the plugin executable files (see <citerefentry>
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      <refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>).
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    </para>
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    <para>
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      If this program is used as a keyscript in <citerefentry
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      ><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry>, there is a risk that if this program fails to
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      work, there might be no way to boot the system except for
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      booting from another media and editing the initial RAM disk
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      image to not run this program.  This is, however, unlikely,
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      since the <citerefentry><refentrytitle
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      >password-prompt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>
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      </citerefentry> plugin will read a password from the console in
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      case of failure of the other plugins, and this plugin runner
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      will also, in case of catastrophic failure, itself fall back to
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      asking and outputting a password on the console (see <xref
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      linkend="fallback"/>).
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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  <refsect1 id="see_also">
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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
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    <para>
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>execve</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-prompt</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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</refentry>
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<!-- Local Variables: -->
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<!-- time-stamp-start: "<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP [\"']" -->
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<!-- time-stamp-end: "[\"']>" -->
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<!-- time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d" -->
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