man/systemd-cryptsetup@.service.xml

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<refentry id="systemd-cryptsetup@.service">

        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</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@.service</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refname>
                <refname>systemd-cryptsetup</refname>
                <refpurpose>Full disk decryption logic</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename></para>
                <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename>
                is a service responsible for setting up encrypted
                block devices. It is instantiated for each device that
                requires decryption for access.</para>

                <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename>
                will ask for hard disk passwords via the <ulink
                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">
                password agent logic</ulink>, in order to query the
                user for the password using the right mechanism at
                boot and during runtime.</para>

                <para>At early boot and when the system manager
                configuration is reloaded this
                <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> is translated into
                <filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename> units
                by
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>