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  <refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>crypttab</refname>
  <refpurpose>static information about encrypted filesystems</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.description">
  <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  <simpara>
   The file <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> contains descriptive
   information about encrypted devices. <filename>crypttab</filename>
   is only read by programs (e.g.
   <command moreinfo="refentry">cryptdisks_start</command> and
   <command moreinfo="refentry">cryptdisks_stop</command>),
   and not written; it is the duty of the system
   administrator to properly create and maintain this file.
   <filename>crypttab</filename> entries are treated sequentially, so their
   order matters (dependencies need to listed first).
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   Each encrypted device is described on a separate line. Fields on each line
   are separated by tabs or spaces. Lines starting with '#' are comments, and blank
   lines are ignored.
   Octal sequences <code>\0</code><emphasis>num</emphasis> within a field are
   decoded, which can be used for values containing spaces or special characters.
   A backslash which doesn't start an octal sequence yields undefined behavior.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   The first field, <emphasis>target</emphasis>, describes the mapped
   device name. It must be a plain filename without any directory components.
   A mapped device which encrypts/decrypts data to/from the <emphasis>source
   device</emphasis> will be created at
   <filename class="devicefile">/dev/mapper/target</filename> by
   <command moreinfo="refentry">cryptsetup</command>.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   The second field, <emphasis>source device</emphasis>, describes either the
   block special device or file that contains the encrypted data. Instead of
   giving the <emphasis>source device</emphasis> explicitly, the UUID
   (resp. LABEL, PARTUUID and PARTLABEL) is supported as well, using <quote>UUID=&lt;uuid&gt;</quote>
   (resp. <quote>LABEL=&lt;label&gt;</quote>, <quote>PARTUUID=&lt;partuuid&gt;</quote>
   and <quote>PARTLABEL=&lt;partlabel&gt;</quote>).
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   The third field, <emphasis>key file</emphasis>, describes the file to use
   as a key for decrypting the data of the <emphasis>source device</emphasis>.
   In case of a <emphasis>keyscript</emphasis>, the value of this field is
   given as argument to the keyscript.
   Note that the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> key file will be used as the
   passphrase; the passphrase must <emphasis>not</emphasis> be followed by a
   newline character.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   It can also be a device name (e.g.
   <filename class="devicefile">/dev/urandom</filename>), note however that
   LUKS requires a persistent key and therefore does <emphasis>not</emphasis>
   support random data keys.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   If the <emphasis>key file</emphasis> is the string
   <emphasis>none</emphasis>, a passphrase will be read interactively from the
   console. In this case, the options check, checkargs and tries may be
   useful.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   The fourth field, <emphasis>options</emphasis>, is an optional comma-separated
   list of options and/or flags describing the device type (<emphasis>luks</emphasis>,
   <emphasis>tcrypt</emphasis>, <emphasis>bitlk</emphasis>, <emphasis>fvault2</emphasis>,
   or <emphasis>plain</emphasis> which is also the default) and cryptsetup options
   associated with the encryption process.
   The supported options are described below.
   For plain dm-crypt devices the <emphasis>cipher</emphasis>, <emphasis>hash</emphasis>
   and <emphasis>size</emphasis> options are required.
   Some options can be changed on active mappings using
   <command>cryptsetup refresh [&lt;options&gt;] &lt;name&gt;</command>.
   Furthermore some options can be permanently written into metadata of LUKS2
   headers using cryptsetup's <emphasis>--persistent</emphasis> flag.
  </simpara>
  <simpara>
   Note that the first three fields are required and that a missing field will lead
   to unspecified behaviour.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.implementations">
  <title>ON DIFFERENT CRYPTTAB FORMATS</title>
  <simpara>
   Please note that there are several independent cryptsetup wrappers with
   their own <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> format. This manpage covers
   Debian's implementation for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> scripts and
   <emphasis>SysVinit</emphasis> init scripts. <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>
   brings its own <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> implementation.
   We try to cover the differences between the <emphasis>systemd</emphasis> and
   our implementation in this manpage, but if in doubt, better check the
   <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>
   <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
   manpage, e.g. online at
   <ulink url="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/crypttab.html"/>.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.options">
  <title>OPTIONS</title>
  <variablelist>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>cipher</emphasis>=&lt;cipher&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Encryption algorithm (ignored for LUKS and TCRYPT devices). See
      <command>cryptsetup -c</command>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>size</emphasis>=&lt;size&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Encryption key size (ignored for LUKS and TCRYPT devices). See
      <command>cryptsetup -s</command>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>sector-size</emphasis>=&lt;bytes&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Sector size. See
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cryptsetup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
      for possible values and the default value of this option.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>hash</emphasis>=&lt;hash&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Hash algorithm (ignored for LUKS and TCRYPT devices). See
      <command>cryptsetup -h</command>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>offset</emphasis>=&lt;offset&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Start offset (ignored for LUKS and TCRYPT devices). Uses
      <emphasis role="strong">cryptsetup -o</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>skip</emphasis>=&lt;skip&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Skip sectors at the beginning (ignored for LUKS and TCRYPT devices).
      Uses <emphasis role="strong">cryptsetup -p</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>keyfile-offset</emphasis>=&lt;keyfile-offset&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Specifies the number of bytes to skip at the start of the key file.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>keyfile-size</emphasis>=&lt;keyfile-size&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Specifies the maximum number of bytes to read from the key file.
      The default is to read the whole file up to the compiled-in maximum,
      that can be queried with <emphasis role="strong">cryptsetup --help</emphasis>.
      This option is ignored for plain dm-crypt devices, as the key file
      size is then given by the encryption key size (option
      <emphasis>size</emphasis>).
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>keyslot</emphasis>=&lt;slot&gt;, <emphasis>key-slot</emphasis>=&lt;slot&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Key slot (ignored for non-LUKS devices). See <command>cryptsetup
      -S</command>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>header</emphasis>=&lt;path&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Detached header file (ignored for plain dm-crypt devices). See
      <command>cryptsetup --header</command>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>verify</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Verify password. Uses <emphasis role="strong">cryptsetup -y</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>readonly</emphasis>, <emphasis>read-only</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Set up a read-only mapping.</simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>tries</emphasis>=&lt;num&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Try to unlock the device &lt;num&gt; before failing. It's
      particularly useful when using a passphrase or a
      <emphasis>keyscript</emphasis> that asks for interactive input. If you
      want to disable retries, pass <quote>tries=1</quote>. Default is
      <quote>3</quote>. Setting <quote>tries=0</quote> means infinitive
      retries.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>discard</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Allow using of discards (TRIM) requests for device.</simpara>
     <simpara>Starting with Debian 10 (Buster), this option is added per
      default to new dm-crypt devices by the Debian Installer. If you
      don't care about leaking access patterns (filesystem type, used
      space) and don't have hidden truecrypt volumes inside this volume,
      then it should be safe to enable this option. See the following
      warning for further information.</simpara>
     <simpara><emphasis role="strong">WARNING</emphasis>: Assess the
      specific security risks carefully before enabling this option.
      For example, allowing discards on encrypted devices may lead to
      the leak of information about the ciphertext device (filesystem
      type, used space etc.) if the discarded blocks can be located
      easily on the device later.</simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>luks</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Force LUKS mode. When this mode is used, the following options
      are ignored since they are provided by the LUKS header on the device:
      <emphasis>cipher=</emphasis>, <emphasis>hash=</emphasis>,
     <emphasis>size=</emphasis></simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>plain</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Force plain encryption mode.</simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>bitlk</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
       Force BITLK (Windows BitLocker-compatible) mode.
       WARNING: <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> support is currently experimental.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>fvault2</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
       Force Apple's FileVault2 mode.
       Only the (legacy) FileVault2 format based on Core Storage and HFS+
       filesystem (introduced in MacOS X 10.7 Lion) is currently supported;
       the new version of FileVault based on the APFS filesystem used in
       recent macOS versions is not supported.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>tcrypt</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Use TrueCrypt encryption mode. When this mode is used, the
      following options are ignored since they are provided by the TrueCrypt
      header on the device or do not apply: <emphasis>cipher=</emphasis>,
      <emphasis>hash=</emphasis>, <emphasis>keyfile-offset=</emphasis>,
      <emphasis>keyfile-size=</emphasis>, <emphasis>size=</emphasis></simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>veracrypt</emphasis>, <emphasis>tcrypt-veracrypt</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Use VeraCrypt extension to TrueCrypt device. Only useful in
      conjunction with <emphasis>tcrypt</emphasis> option (ignored for
      non-TrueCrypt devices).
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>tcrypthidden</emphasis>, <emphasis>tcrypt-hidden</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
       Use hidden TCRYPT header (ignored for non-TCRYPT devices).
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>same-cpu-crypt</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
        Perform encryption using the same cpu that IO was submitted on.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>submit-from-crypt-cpus</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
       Disable offloading writes to a separate thread after encryption.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>no-read-workqueue</emphasis>, <emphasis>no-write-workqueue</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
        Bypass dm-crypt internal workqueue and process read or write requests synchronously.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>swap</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Run <command moreinfo="refentry">mkswap</command> on the created device.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>tmp</emphasis>[=&lt;tmpfs&gt;]</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Run <command moreinfo="refentry">mkfs</command> with filesystem type
      &lt;tmpfs&gt; (or ext4 if omitted) on the created device.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>check</emphasis>[=&lt;check&gt;]</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Check the content of the target device by a suitable program; if
      the check fails, the device is closed immediately.  The program is being
      run with decrypted volume (target device) as first positional argument and,
      if the <emphasis>checkargs</emphasis> option is used, its value as second
      argument.  See the CHECKSCRIPTS section for more information.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>The program is either specified by full path or relative to
      <filename class="directory">/lib/cryptsetup/checks/</filename>.
      If omitted, then the value of $CRYPTDISKS_CHECK set in
      <filename>/etc/default/cryptdisks</filename> is used
      (<filename>blkid</filename> by default).
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis>
      format. It's not supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>checkargs</emphasis>=&lt;arguments&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Give &lt;arguments&gt; as the second argument to the check
      script. See the CHECKSCRIPTS section for more information.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
     <simpara>
      This option is specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis>
      format. It's not supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>initramfs</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>The initramfs hook processes the root device, any resume devices
      and any devices with the <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> option set. These
      devices are processed within the initramfs stage of boot. As an example,
      that allows the use of remote unlocking using dropbear.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis>
      format. It's not supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>noearly</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>The cryptsetup init scripts are invoked twice during the boot
      process - once before lvm, raid, etc. are started and once again after
      that. Sometimes you need to start your encrypted disks in a special
      order. With this option the device is ignored during the first invocation
      of the cryptsetup init scripts.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices and
      specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> format. It's not
      supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>noauto</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Entirely ignore the device at the boot process. It's still
      possible to map the device manually using cryptdisks_start.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices and
      specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> format.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>loud</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Be loud. Print warnings if a device does not exist.
     This option overrides the option <emphasis>quiet</emphasis>.</simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices and
      specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> format. It's not
      supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>quiet</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Be quiet. Don't print warnings if a device does not exist.
     This option overrides the option <emphasis>loud</emphasis>.</simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is ignored for <emphasis>initramfs</emphasis> devices and
      specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis> format. It's not
      supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>keyscript</emphasis>=&lt;path&gt;</term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      The executable at the indicated path is executed with the value of the
      <emphasis>third field</emphasis> as only argument. The keyscript's standard
      output is passed to cryptsetup as decyption key.  Its exit status is currently
      ignored, but no assumption should be made in that regard.
      When used in initramfs, the executable either needs to be self-contained
      (i.e. doesn't rely on any external program which is not present in the
      initramfs environment) or the dependencies have to added to the initramfs
      image by other means.
      The program is either specified by full path or relative to
      <filename class="directory">/lib/cryptsetup/scripts/</filename>.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      LIMITATIONS: All binaries and files on which the keyscript depends must
      be available at the time of execution. Special care needs to be taken for
      encrypted filesystems like /usr or /var. As an example, unlocking
      encrypted /usr must not depend on binaries from /usr/(s)bin.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      This option is specific to the Debian <emphasis>crypttab</emphasis>
      format. It's not supported by <emphasis>systemd</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      WARNING: With systemd as init system, this option might be ignored. At
      the time this is written (December 2016), the systemd cryptsetup helper
      doesn't support the keyscript option to /etc/crypttab. For the time
      being, the only option to use keyscripts along with systemd is to force
      processing of the corresponding crypto devices in the initramfs. See the
      'initramfs' option for further information.
     </simpara>
     <para>
      All fields of the appropriate crypttab entry are available to the
      keyscript as exported environment variables:
      <variablelist>

       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_NAME, _CRYPTTAB_NAME</term>
        <listitem><para>
         The target name (after resp. before octal sequence decoding).
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_SOURCE, _CRYPTTAB_SOURCE</term>
        <listitem><para>
         The source device (after resp. before octal sequence decoding and device resolution).
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_KEY, _CRYPTTAB_KEY</term>
        <listitem><para>
         The value of the third field (after resp. before octal sequence decoding).
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_OPTIONS, _CRYPTTAB_OPTIONS</term>
        <listitem><para>
         A list of exported crypttab options (after resp. before octal sequence decoding).
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_OPTION_&lt;option&gt;</term>
        <listitem><para>
         The value of the appropriate crypttab option, with value set to 'yes'
         in case the option is merely a flag.
         For option aliases, such as 'readonly' and 'read-only', the
         variable name refers to the first alternative listed (thus
         'CRYPTTAB_OPTION_readonly' in that case).
         If the crypttab option name contains '-' characters, then they
         are replaced with '_' in the exported variable name.  For
         instance, the value of the 'CRYPTTAB_OPTION_keyfile_offset'
         environment variable is set to the value of the
         'keyfile-offset' crypttab option.
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>CRYPTTAB_TRIED</term>
        <listitem><para>
         Number of previous tries since start of cryptdisks (counts until
         maximum number of tries is reached).
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.checkscripts">
  <title>CHECKSCRIPTS</title>
  <variablelist>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>blkid</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Checks for any known filesystem. Supports a filesystem type as
      argument via &lt;checkargs&gt;:
     </simpara>
     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem><para>
       no checkargs - succeeds if any valid filesystem is found on the device.
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
       "none" - succeeds if no valid filesystem is found on the device.
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
       "ext4" [or another filesystem type like xfs, swap, crypto_LUKS, ...] -
       succeeds if ext4 filesystem is found on the device.
      </para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>un_blkid</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Checks for no known filesystem. Supports a filesystem type as
      argument via &lt;checkargs&gt;:
     </simpara>
     <itemizedlist>
      <listitem><para>
       no checkargs - succeeds if no valid filesystem is found on the device.
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
       "ext4" [or another filesystem type like xfs, swap, crypto_LUKS, ...] -
       succeeds if no ext4 filesystem is found on the device.
      </para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.examples">
  <title>EXAMPLES</title>
  <para>
   <screen>
# Encrypted swap device
cswap /dev/sda6 /dev/urandom plain,cipher=aes-xts-plain64,size=256,hash=sha1,swap

# Encrypted LUKS disk with interactive password, identified by its UUID, discard enabled
cdisk0 UUID=12345678-9abc-def012345-6789abcdef01 none luks,discard

# Encrypted TCRYPT disk with interactive password, discard enabled
tdisk0 /dev/sr0 none tcrypt,discard

# Encrypted ext4 disk with interactive password, discard enabled
# - retry 5 times if the check fails
cdisk1 /dev/sda2 none plain,cipher=aes-xts-plain64,size=256,hash=sha1,check,checkargs=ext4,tries=5,discard

# Encrypted disk with interactive password, discard enabled
# - use a nondefault check script
# - no retries
cdisk2 /dev/sdc1 none plain,cipher=aes-xts-plain64,size=256,hash=sha1,check=customscript,tries=1,discard

# Encrypted disk with interactive password, discard enabled
# - Twofish as the cipher, RIPEMD-160 as the hash
cdisk3 /dev/sda3 none plain,cipher=twofish,size=256,hash=ripemd160,discard
   </screen>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.environment">
  <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
  <variablelist>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>CRYPTDISKS_ENABLE</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>
      Set to <emphasis>yes</emphasis> to run cryptdisks initscripts at startup.
      Set to <emphasis>no</emphasis> to disable cryptdisks initscripts. Default
      is <emphasis>yes</emphasis>.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>CRYPTDISKS_MOUNT</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Specifies the mountpoints that are mounted before cryptdisks is
      invoked. Takes mountpoints configured in /etc/fstab as arguments. Separate
      mountpoints by space.
      This is useful for keys on removable devices, such as cdrom, usbstick,
      flashcard, etc. Default is unset.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><emphasis>CRYPTDISKS_CHECK</emphasis></term>
    <listitem>
     <simpara>Specifies the default checkscript to be run against the target
      device, after cryptdisks has been invoked. The target device is passed as
      the first and only argument to the checkscript. Takes effect if the
      <emphasis>check</emphasis> option is given in crypttab with no value. See
      documentation for <emphasis>check</emphasis> option above for more
      information.
     </simpara>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.known_upgrade_issues">
  <title>KNOWN UPGRADE ISSUES</title>
  <simpara>
   The upstream defaults for encryption cipher, hash and keysize have changed
   several times in the past, and they're expected to change again in future,
   for example if security issues arise.

   On LUKS devices, the used settings are stored in the LUKS header, and thus
   don't need to be configured in <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename>. For plain
   dm-crypt devices, no information about used cipher, hash and keysize are
   available at all.

   Therefore we strongly suggest to configure the cipher, hash and keysize in
   <filename>/etc/crypttab</filename> for plain dm-crypt devices, even if they
   match the current default.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.see_also">
  <title>SEE ALSO</title>
  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><command moreinfo="refentry">cryptsetup</command>(8)</member>
   <member><command moreinfo="refentry">cryptdisks_start</command>(8)</member>
   <member><command moreinfo="refentry">cryptdisks_stop</command>(8)</member>
   <member><filename>/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-initramfs/README.initramfs.gz</filename></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="crypttab.author">
  <title>AUTHOR</title>
  <simpara>
   This manual page was originally written by
   <author>
    <firstname>Bastian</firstname>
    <surname>Kleineidam</surname>
   </author>
   <email>calvin@debian.org</email>
   for the Debian distribution of cryptsetup. It has been further improved by
   <author>
    <firstname>Michael</firstname>
    <surname>Gebetsroither</surname>
   </author>
   <email>michael.geb@gmx.at</email>,
   <author>
    <firstname>David</firstname>
    <surname>Härdeman</surname>
   </author>
   <email>david@hardeman.nu</email>
   and
   <author>
    <firstname>Jonas</firstname>
    <surname>Meurer</surname>
   </author>
   <email>jonas@freesources.org</email>.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>