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<refentryinfo>

<title>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</title>

<productname>systemd</productname>

<authorgroup>

<author>

<contrib>Developer</contrib>

<firstname>Lennart</firstname>

<surname>Poettering</surname>

<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>

</author>

</authorgroup>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refname>

<refpurpose>Unit generator for <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename></refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-cryptsetup-generator</filename></para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</filename>

is a generator that translates

<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> into native systemd

units early at boot and when configuration of the

system manager is reloaded. This will create

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>

units as necessary.</para>

<para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</filename>

implements the <ulink

url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Generators">generator

specification</ulink>.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Kernel Command Line</title>

<para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</filename> understands

the following kernel command line parameters:</para>

<variablelist class='kernel-commandline-options'>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>luks=</varname></term>

<term><varname>rd.luks=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Takes a boolean

argument. Defaults to

<literal>yes</literal>. If

<literal>no</literal> disables the

generator

entirely. <varname>rd.luks=</varname>

is honored only by initial RAM disk

(initrd) while

<varname>luks=</varname> is honored

by both the main system and the

initrd. </para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>luks.crypttab=</varname></term>

<term><varname>rd.luks.crypttab=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Takes a boolean

argument. Defaults to

<literal>yes</literal>. If

<literal>no</literal> causes the

generator to ignore any devices

configured in

<filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>

(<varname>luks.uuid=</varname> will

still work

however). <varname>rd.luks.crypttab=</varname>

is honored only by initial RAM disk

(initrd) while

<varname>luks.crypttab=</varname> is

honored by both the main system and

the initrd. </para></listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>luks.uuid=</varname></term>

<term><varname>rd.luks.uuid=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Takes a LUKS super

block UUID as argument. This will

activate the specified device as part

of the boot process as if it was

listed in

<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. This

option may be specified more than once

in order to set up multiple

devices. <varname>rd.luks.uuid=</varname>

is honored only by initial RAM disk

(initrd) while

<varname>luks.uuid=</varname> is

honored by both the main system and

the initrd.</para>

<para>If /etc/crypttab contains entries with

the same UUID, then the options for this entry

will be used.</para>

<para>If /etc/crypttab exists, only those UUID

specified on the kernel command line

will be activated in the initrd or the real root.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><varname>luks.key=</varname></term>

<term><varname>rd.luks.key=</varname></term>

<listitem><para>Takes a password file as argument.</para>

<para>For those entries specified with

<varname>rd.luks.uuid=</varname> or <varname>luks.uuid=</varname>,

the password file will be set to the password file specified by

<varname>rd.luks.key=</varname> or <varname>luks.key</varname></para>

<para><varname>rd.luks.key=</varname>

is honored only by initial RAM disk

(initrd) while

<varname>luks.key=</varname> is

honored by both the main system and

the initrd.</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>See Also</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-fstab-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>