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Diffstat (limited to 'man/crypttab.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/crypttab.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml index 474d3d83e0..dc43257d4e 100644 --- a/man/crypttab.xml +++ b/man/crypttab.xml @@ -218,16 +218,23 @@ <varlistentry> <term><option>noauto</option></term> - <listitem><para>This device will not be automatically unlocked - on boot.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>This device will not be added to <filename>cryptsetup.target</filename>. + This means that it will not be automatically unlocked on boot, unless something else pulls + it in. In particular, if the device is used for a mount point, it'll be unlocked + automatically during boot, unless the mount point itself is also disabled with + <option>noauto</option>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>nofail</option></term> - <listitem><para>The system will not wait for the device to - show up and be unlocked at boot, and not fail the boot if it - does not show up.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>This device will not be a hard dependency of + <filename>cryptsetup.target</filename>. It'll be still pulled in and started, but the system + will not wait for the device to show up and be unlocked, and boot will not fail if this is + unsuccessful. Note that other units that depend on the unlocked device may still fail. In + particular, if the device is used for a mount point, the mount point itself is also needs to + have <option>noauto</option> option, or the boot will fail if the device is not unlocked + successfully.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> |