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22.SH "NAME"
23systemd-cryptsetup@.service, systemd-cryptsetup \- Full disk decryption logic
24.SH "SYNOPSIS"
25.PP
26systemd\-cryptsetup@\&.service
27.PP
28/usr/lib/systemd/systemd\-cryptsetup
29.SH "DESCRIPTION"
30.PP
31systemd\-cryptsetup@\&.service
32is a service responsible for setting up encrypted block devices\&. It is instantiated for each device that requires decryption for access\&.
33.PP
34systemd\-cryptsetup@\&.service
35will ask for hard disk passwords via the
36\m[blue]\fBpassword agent logic\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2, in order to query the user for the password using the right mechanism at boot and during runtime\&.
37.PP
38At early boot and when the system manager configuration is reloaded this
39/etc/crypttab
40is translated into
41systemd\-cryptsetup@\&.service
42units by
43\fBsystemd-cryptsetup-generator\fR(8)\&.
44.SH "SEE ALSO"
45.PP
46\fBsystemd\fR(1),
47\fBsystemd-cryptsetup-generator\fR(8),
48\fBcrypttab\fR(5),
49\fBcryptsetup\fR(8)
50.SH "NOTES"
51.IP " 1." 4
52password agent logic
53.RS 4
54\%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents
55.RE