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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-27 12:19:35 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2012-06-27 12:19:35 +0200
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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+ Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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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>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>