Provided by: mandos_1.7.19-1_all 
NAME
mandos-monitor - Text-based GUI to control the Mandos server.
SYNOPSIS
mandos-monitor
DESCRIPTION
mandos-monitor is an interactive program to monitor and control the operations of the Mandos server (see
mandos(8)).
PURPOSE
The purpose of this is to enable remote and unattended rebooting of client host computer with an
encrypted root file system. See the section called “OVERVIEW” for details.
OVERVIEW
This is part of the Mandos system for allowing computers to have encrypted root file systems and at the
same time be capable of remote and/or unattended reboots. The computers run a small client program in the
initial RAM disk environment which will communicate with a server over a network. All network
communication is encrypted using TLS. The clients are identified by the server using an OpenPGP key; each
client has one unique to it. The server sends the clients an encrypted password. The encrypted password
is decrypted by the clients using the same OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to unlock the root
file system, whereupon the computers can continue booting normally.
This program is used to monitor and control the Mandos server. In particular, it can be used to approve
Mandos clients which have been configured to require approval. It also shows all significant events
reported by the Mandos server.
KEYS
This program is used to monitor and control the Mandos server. In particular, it can be used to approve
Mandos clients which have been configured to require approval. It also shows all significant events
reported by the Mandos server.
Table 1. Global Keys
┌───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│Keys │ Function │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│q, Q │ Quit │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Ctrl-L │ Redraw screen │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│?, F1 │ Show help │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│l, D │ Toggle log window │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│TAB │ Switch window │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│w, i │ Toggle log window line wrap │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│v │ Toggle verbose logging │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Up, Ctrl-P, k │ Move up a line │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Down, Ctrl-N, j │ Move down a line │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│PageUp, Meta-V, b │ Move up a page │
├───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│PageDown, Ctrl-V, SPACE, f │ Move down a page │
└───────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
Table 2. Client List Keys
┌─────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┐
│Keys │ Function │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│+ │ Enable client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│- │ Disable client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│a │ Approve client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│d │ Deny client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│R, _, Ctrl-K │ Remove client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│s │ Start checker for client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│S │ Stop checker for client │
├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┤
│C │ Force a successful check for this │
│ │ client. │
└─────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┘
BUGS
This program can currently only be used to monitor and control a Mandos server with the default D-Bus bus
name of “se.recompile.Mandos”.
Please report bugs to the Mandos development mailing list: <mandos-dev@recompile.se> (subscription
required). Note that this list is public. The developers can be reached privately at
<mandos@recompile.se> (OpenPGP key fingerprint 153A 37F1 0BBA 0435 987F 2C4A 7223 2973 CA34 C2C4 for
encrypted mail).
EXAMPLE
This program takes no options:
mandos-monitor
SECURITY
This program must be permitted to access the Mandos server via the D-Bus interface. This normally
requires the root user, but could be configured otherwise by reconfiguring the D-Bus server.
SEE ALSO
intro(8mandos), mandos(8), mandos-ctl(8)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010-2018 Teddy Hogeborn, Björn Påhlsson
This manual page is part of Mandos.
Mandos 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.
Mandos 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.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Mandos. If not, see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.