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authorHarald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com>2013-04-11 15:44:33 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2013-04-18 02:45:01 +0200
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cryptsetup-generator: add support for rd.luks.key=
Also clarify rd.luks.uuid and luks.uuid in the manual. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905683
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diff --git a/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml b/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml
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@@ -128,7 +128,31 @@
(initrd) while
<varname>luks.uuid=</varname> is
honored by both the main system and
- the initrd.</para></listitem>
+ 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>