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| -rw-r--r-- | crypttab.5 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ of the resulting encrypted block device; the device is set up at \fB/dev/mapper/\fIname\fR. -The second field contains a path to the underlying block device. +The second field contains a path to the underlying block device, +or a specification of a block device via UUID=<device uuid>. If the block device contains a LUKS signature, it is opened as a LUKS encrypted partition; otherwise it is assumed to be a raw dm-crypt partition. @@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ Otherwise the field is interpreted as a path to a file containing the encryption password. For swap encryption .B /dev/urandom +or the hardware device +.B /dev/hw_random can be used as the password file; using .B /dev/random @@ -86,6 +89,10 @@ If the the encryption password is read from console, it has to be entered twice (to prevent typos). .TP +\fBnoauto\fR +This device will not be automatically unlocked on boot. + +.TP \fBswap\fR The encrypted block device will be used as a swap partition, and will be formatted as a swap partition |