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  22   <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 218</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="systemd-cryptsetup@.service"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>systemd-cryptsetup@.service, systemd-cryptsetup — Full disk decryption logic</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">systemd-cryptsetup@.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cryptsetup</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139634437726816"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><code class="filename">systemd-cryptsetup@.service</code>
  23                 is a service responsible for setting up encrypted
  24                 block devices. It is instantiated for each device that
  25                 requires decryption for access.</p><p><code class="filename">systemd-cryptsetup@.service</code>
  26                 will ask for hard disk passwords via the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents" target="_top">
  27                 password agent logic</a>, in order to query the
  28                 user for the password using the right mechanism at
  29                 boot and during runtime.</p><p>At early boot and when the system manager
  30                 configuration is reloaded this
  31                 <code class="filename">/etc/crypttab</code> is translated into
  32                 <code class="filename">systemd-cryptsetup@.service</code> units
  33                 by
  34                 <a href="systemd-cryptsetup-generator.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-cryptsetup-generator</span>(8)</span></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139634437720304"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p>
  35                         <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
  36                         <a href="systemd-cryptsetup-generator.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-cryptsetup-generator</span>(8)</span></a>,
  37                         <a href="crypttab.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">crypttab</span>(5)</span></a>,
  38                         <a href="cryptsetup.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">cryptsetup</span>(8)</span></a>
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