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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2019-12-17 18:39:12 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2019-12-17 18:53:45 +0100
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man: tweaks to the crypttab(5) man page
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@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@
line. This is useful for unlocking encrypted volumes through security tokens or smartcards. See below
for an example how to set up this mechanism for unlocking a LUKS volume with a YubiKey security
token. The specified URI can refer directly to a private RSA key stored on a token or alternatively
- just to a slot or token in which case a suitable private RSA key object is automatically searched on
- it. In this case if multiple suitable objects are found the token is refused. The key configured in
- the third column is passed as is to RSA decryption. The resulting decrypted key is then base64
- encoded before it is used to unlock the LUKS volume.</para></listitem>
+ just to a slot or token, in which case a search for a suitable private RSA key will be performed. In
+ this case if multiple suitable objects are found the token is refused. The key configured in the
+ third column is passed as is to RSA decryption. The resulting decrypted key is then base64 encoded
+ before it is used to unlock the LUKS volume.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ external /dev/sda3 keyfile:LABEL=keydev keyfile-timeout=10s</programlist
<title>Yubikey-based Volume Unlocking Example</title>
<para>The PKCS#11 logic allows hooking up any compatible security token that is capable of storing RSA
- decryption keys. Here's an example how to set up a Yubikey security token for this purpose:</para>
+ decryption keys. Here's an example how to set up a Yubikey security token for this purpose, using
+ <command>ykman</command> from the yubikey-manager project:</para>
<programlisting><xi:include href="yubikey-crypttab.sh" parse="text" /></programlisting>