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CRYPTOTAB

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

cryptotab − static information about crypted filesystems (deprecated)

SYNOPSIS

cryptotab

LOOPDEVICE DEVICE MOUNTPOINT FILESYSTEM ALGORITHM[ MOUNTOPTIONS[ INFO]]

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/cryptotab contains descriptive informations about encrypted volumes. Each volume is described on a separate line; columns on each line are separated by tabs or spaces. Lines starting with "#" are comments, empty lines are ignored. The order of records in cryptotab is important because the /etc/init.d/boot.crypto script sequentially iterates through cryptotab entries.

LOOPDEVICE

specifies the loop device to use for this mapping, for example /dev/loop0

DEVICE

specifies the block special device that holds the encrypted data

MOUNTPOINT

specifies the where the volume should be mounted

FILESYSTEM

specifies the file system of the volume

ALGORITHM

specifies the encryption algorithm to use

Supported algorithms are twofish, twofishSL92 and twofish256

MOUNTOPTIONS

optionally specifies mount option

INFO

optionally specifies a string that should be printed when prompting for the passphrase

EXAMPLES

/dev/loop0 /dev/sda6 /secret ext2 twofish256

BUGS

/etc/cryptotab was designed for use with the deprecated cryptoloop technology and is no longer supported. This manual only exists for reference. Use /etc/crypttab (note the missing “o”) instead. The script convert_cryptotab may help with this task.

AUTHOR

Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>.

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