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authorRobert-L-Turner <37597024+Robert-L-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>2021-11-22 19:43:44 +0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-11-22 11:43:44 +0000
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FIDO2 device removal instructions (#21426)
* man: document FIDO2 device removal Indicate to users how to remove FIDO2 device in the --fido2-device=path section by setting path to an empty string (""). Tested on systemd 249 (249.6-3-arch)
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<para>Note that FIDO2 devices suitable for this option must implement the
<literal>hmac-secret</literal> extension. Most current devices (such as the YubiKey 5 series) do. If
the extension is not implemented the device cannot be used for unlocking home directories.</para>
+
+ <para>The FIDO2 device may be subsequently removed by setting the device path to an empty string
+ (e.g. <command>homectl update $USER --fido2-device=""</command>).</para>
<para>Note that many hardware security tokens implement both FIDO2 and PKCS#11/PIV (and thus may be
used with either <option>--fido2-device=</option> or <option>--pkcs11-token-uri=</option>), for a