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authorTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2013-08-18 14:59:00 +0800
committerTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2013-09-13 11:52:14 +0200
commit7ab064a6d60cf805765077b67d56c123f9cf3c58 (patch)
treeaa628b07cfb15a0404a16f20430e36cf62ab27a5 /man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml
parent8c11d3c1b5851f05d63198a92833be80616750e9 (diff)
cryptsetup-generator: allow specifying options in /proc/cmdline
The main usecase for this is to make it possible to use cryptsetup in the initrd without it having to include a host-specific /etc/crypttab. Tested-by: Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml b/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml
index 215ac2d125..d6b7e49f13 100644
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+++ b/man/systemd-cryptsetup-generator.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,29 @@
will be activated in the initrd or the real root.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>luks.options=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>rd.luks.options=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a LUKS super
+ block UUID followed by an '=' and a string
+ of options separated by commas as argument.
+ This will override the options for the given
+ UUID.</para>
+ <para>If only a list of options, without an
+ UUID, is specified, they apply to any UUIDs not
+ specified elsewhere, and without an entry in
+ /etc/crypttab.</para><para>
+ <varname>rd.luks.options=</varname>
+ is honored only by initial RAM disk
+ (initrd) while
+ <varname>luks.options=</varname> is
+ honored by both the main system and
+ the initrd.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>luks.key=</varname></term>
<term><varname>rd.luks.key=</varname></term>