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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>

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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>

    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>

    <authorgroup>

      <author>

	<firstname>Björn</firstname>

	<surname>Påhlsson</surname>

	<address>

	  <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

	</address>

      </author>

      <author>

	<firstname>Teddy</firstname>

	<surname>Hogeborn</surname>

	<address>

	  <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

	</address>

      </author>

    </authorgroup>

    <copyright>

      <year>2008</year>

      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>

    </copyright>

    <legalnotice>

      <para>

	This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it

	and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public

	License as published by the Free Software Foundation,

	either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any

	later version.

      </para>

      <para>

	This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will

	be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the

	implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

	PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License

	for more details.

      </para>

      <para>

	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public

	License along with this program; If not, see

	<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.

      </para>

    </legalnotice>

  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>

    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>

    <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>

  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>

    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>

    <refpurpose>

      Passprompt for luks during boot sequence

    </refpurpose>

  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>

    <cmdsynopsis>

      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

      <arg choice='opt'>--prefix<arg choice='plain'>PREFIX</arg></arg>

      <arg choice='opt'>--debug</arg>

    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis>

      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

      <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>

    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis>

      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

      <arg choice='plain'>--usage</arg>

    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis>

      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

      <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>

    </cmdsynopsis>    

  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="description">

    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para>

      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a terminal program that ask for

      passwords during boot sequence. It is a plugin to

      <firstterm>mandos</firstterm>, and is used as a fallback and

      alternative to retriving passwords from a mandos server. During

      boot sequence the user is prompted for the disk password, and

      when a password is given it then gets forwarded to

      <acronym>LUKS</acronym>.

    </para>

    <variablelist>

      <varlistentry>

	<term><literal>-p</literal>, <literal>--prefix=<replaceable>PREFIX

	</replaceable></literal></term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>

	    Prefix used before the passprompt

	  </para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term><literal>--debug</literal></term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>

	    Debug mode

	  </para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term><literal>-?</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>

	    Gives a help message

	  </para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term><literal>--usage</literal></term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>

	    Gives a short usage message

	  </para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>

	<term><literal>-V</literal>, <literal>--version</literal></term>

	<listitem>

	  <para>

	    Prints the program version

	  </para>

	</listitem>

      </varlistentry>            

    </variablelist>

  </refsect1>

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