<?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"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-cryptsetup-generator" conditional='HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP'> <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></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>