small fixes and more documentation

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Jaromil 2011-02-24 12:26:48 +01:00
parent cb53eb493d
commit f293d89fb8
3 changed files with 33 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -104,16 +104,42 @@ Run more quietly
.IP "-D"
Print more information while running, for debugging purposes
.SH HOOKS
Hooks are special files that can be placed inside the tomb and trigger
actions when it is opened and closed; there are two kinds of such
files: \fIbind-hooks\fR and \fIpost-hooks\fR can be placed in the
base root of the tomb.
.B
.IP "bind-hooks"
This hook file consists of a simple two column list of files or
directories inside the tomb to be made directly accessible inside the
current user's home directory. Tomb will use the "mount -o bind"
command to bind locations inside the tomb to locations found in $HOME
so in the first column are indicated paths relative to the tomb and in
the second column are indicated paths relative to $HOME contents, for
example:
mail mail
.gnupg .gnupg
.fmrc .fetchmailrc
.mozilla .mozilla
.B
.IP "post-hooks"
This hook file gets executed as user by tomb right after opening it;
it can consist of a shell script of a binary executable that performs
batch operations every time a tomb is opened.
.SH PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
The tomb commandline tool needs to acquire super user rights to
execute most of its operations.
execute most of its operations: to do so it uses sudo(8), while
pinentry(1) is adopted to collect passwords from the user.
Once the rights are acquired Tomb executes as root only those commands
requiring it, while it executes desktop applications as the user.
The escalation to super user privileges is triggered automatically by
calling 'gksu' or 'sudo' commands.
Tomb executes as super user only those commands requiring it, while it
executes desktop applications as processes owned by the user.
.SH BUGS

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@ -437,9 +437,7 @@ mount_tomb() {
notice "mounting $tombfile on mountpoint $tombmount"
# we need root from here on
local norm=$(test -d $tombmount)
$norm || mkdir -p $tombmount
mkdir -p $tombmount
nstloop=`losetup -f`
losetup -f ${tombdir}/${tombfile}

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@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
# startup wrapper to open tombs
echo "arg: $1"
try() {
which ${1} > /dev/null
if [ $? = 0 ]; then return 0;
@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ tomb-notify() {
if [ -z $1 ]; then
notify-send -i $icon \
-u low -h string:App:Tomb \
-h double:Version:${VERSION} \
"Tomb version $VERSION" \
"Hi, I'm the Undertaker.
Let's start setting your Crypt?"