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6 systemd-cryptsetup@.service, systemd-cryptsetup - Full disk decryption
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10 systemd-cryptsetup@.service
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12 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup
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15 systemd-cryptsetup@.service is a service responsible for setting up
16 encrypted block devices. It is instantiated for each device that
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19 systemd-cryptsetup@.service will ask for hard disk passwords via the
20 password agent logic[1], in order to query the user for the password
21 using the right mechanism at boot and during runtime.
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23 At early boot and when the system manager configuration is reloaded,
24 /etc/crypttab is translated into systemd-cryptsetup@.service units by
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32 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents
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