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22 <refentry id="systemd-cryptsetup@.service" conditional='HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP'>
23
24         <refentryinfo>
25                 <title>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</title>
26                 <productname>systemd</productname>
27
28                 <authorgroup>
29                         <author>
30                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
31                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
32                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
33                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
34                         </author>
35                 </authorgroup>
36         </refentryinfo>
37
38         <refmeta>
39                 <refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle>
40                 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
41         </refmeta>
42
43         <refnamediv>
44                 <refname>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refname>
45                 <refname>systemd-cryptsetup</refname>
46                 <refpurpose>Full disk decryption logic</refpurpose>
47         </refnamediv>
48
49         <refsynopsisdiv>
50                 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename></para>
51                 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup</filename></para>
52         </refsynopsisdiv>
53
54         <refsect1>
55                 <title>Description</title>
56
57                 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename>
58                 is a service responsible for setting up encrypted
59                 block devices. It is instantiated for each device that
60                 requires decryption for access.</para>
61
62                 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename>
63                 will ask for hard disk passwords via the <ulink
64                 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">
65                 password agent logic</ulink>, in order to query the
66                 user for the password using the right mechanism at
67                 boot and during runtime.</para>
68
69                 <para>At early boot and when the system manager
70                 configuration is reloaded this
71                 <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> is translated into
72                 <filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename> units
73                 by
74                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
75         </refsect1>
76
77         <refsect1>
78                 <title>See Also</title>
79                 <para>
80                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
81                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
82                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
83                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
84                  </para>
85         </refsect1>
86
87 </refentry>