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7 Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering
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22 <refentry id="systemd-cryptsetup@.service" conditional='HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP'>
25 <title>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</title>
26 <productname>systemd</productname>
30 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
31 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
32 <surname>Poettering</surname>
33 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
39 <refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refentrytitle>
40 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
44 <refname>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</refname>
45 <refname>systemd-cryptsetup</refname>
46 <refpurpose>Full disk decryption logic</refpurpose>
50 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename></para>
51 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup</filename></para>
55 <title>Description</title>
57 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename> is a
58 service responsible for setting up encrypted block devices. It is
59 instantiated for each device that requires decryption for
62 <para><filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename> will ask
63 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 user for the
66 password using the right mechanism at boot and during
69 <para>At early boot and when the system manager configuration is
70 reloaded this <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> is translated
71 into <filename>systemd-cryptsetup@.service</filename> units by
72 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
76 <title>See Also</title>
78 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
79 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-cryptsetup-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
80 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
81 <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>