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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"

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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [

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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "plymouth">

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-27">

 

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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2011-02-27">

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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "../common.ent">

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%common;

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]>

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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>

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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>

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        <address>

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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>

 

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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

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        </address>

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      </author>

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      <author>

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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>

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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>

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        <address>

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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>

 

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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

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        </address>

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      </author>

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    </authorgroup>

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    <copyright>

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      <year>2010</year>

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      <year>2011</year>

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      <year>2012</year>

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      <year>2013</year>

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      <year>2014</year>

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      <year>2015</year>

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      <year>2016</year>

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      <year>2017</year>

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      <year>2018</year>

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      <year>2019</year>

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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>

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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>

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    </copyright>

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  <refsynopsisdiv>

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    <cmdsynopsis>

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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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      <arg choice="opt">

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        <option>--prompt <replaceable>PROMPT</replaceable></option>

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      </arg>

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      <arg><option>--debug</option></arg>

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    </cmdsynopsis>

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    <cmdsynopsis>

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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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      <group choice="req">

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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>

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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-?</option></arg>

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      </group>

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    </cmdsynopsis>

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    <cmdsynopsis>

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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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      <arg choice="plain"><option>--usage</option></arg>

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    </cmdsynopsis>

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    <cmdsynopsis>

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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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      <group choice="req">

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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>

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        <arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>

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      </group>

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    </cmdsynopsis>

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  </refsynopsisdiv>

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  <refsect1 id="options">

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    <title>OPTIONS</title>

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    <para>

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      This program is commonly not invoked from the command line; it

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      is normally started by the <application>Mandos</application>

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      plugin runner, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle

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      >plugin-runner</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum>

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      </citerefentry>.  Any command line options this program accepts

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      are therefore normally provided by the plugin runner, and not

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      directly.

 

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      This program takes no options.

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    </para>

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    <variablelist>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><option>--prompt=<replaceable

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        >PROMPT</replaceable></option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            The password prompt.  Note that using this option will

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            make this program ignore the <envar>cryptsource</envar>

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            and <envar>crypttarget</envar> environment variables.

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          </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><option>--debug</option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            Enable debug mode.  This will enable a lot of output to

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            standard error about what the program is doing.  The

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            program will still perform all other functions normally.

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          </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><option>--help</option></term>

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        <term><option>-?</option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            Gives a help message about options and their meanings.

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          </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><option>--usage</option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            Gives a short usage message.

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          </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><option>--version</option></term>

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        <term><option>-V</option></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            Prints the program version.

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          </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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    </variablelist>

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  </refsect1>

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  <refsect1 id="exit_status">

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        <term><envar>crypttarget</envar></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            If set, and if the <option>--prompt</option> option is not

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            used, these environment variables will be assumed to

 

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            If set, these environment variables will be assumed to

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            contain the source device name and the target device

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            mapper name, respectively, and will be shown as part of

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            the prompt.

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        <para>

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          These variables will normally be inherited from

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          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>

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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which might

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          have in turn inherited them from its calling process.

 

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          <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>, which will

 

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          normally have inherited them from

 

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          <filename>/scripts/local-top/cryptroot</filename> in the

 

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          initial <acronym>RAM</acronym> disk environment, which will

 

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          have set them from parsing kernel arguments and

 

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          <filename>/conf/conf.d/cryptroot</filename> (also in the

 

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          initial RAM disk environment), which in turn will have been

 

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          created when the initial RAM disk image was created by

 

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          <filename

 

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          >/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot</filename>, by

 

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          extracting the information of the root file system from

 

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          <filename >/etc/crypttab</filename>.

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        </para>

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        <para>

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          This behavior is meant to exactly mirror the behavior of

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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter

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          from initramfs-tools.

 

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          <command>askpass</command>, the default password prompter.

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        </para>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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        </listitem>

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      </varlistentry>

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      <varlistentry>

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        <term><filename class="directory">/proc</filename></term>

 

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        <term><filename>/proc</filename></term>

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        <listitem>

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          <para>

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            To find the running <citerefentry><refentrytitle

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      daemon and starting a new one is ugly, but necessary as long as

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      it does not support aborting a password request.

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    </para>

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    <xi:include href="../bugs.xml"/>

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  </refsect1>

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  <refsect1 id="example">

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    </para>

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    <informalexample>

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      <para>

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        Normal invocation needs no options:

 

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        This program takes no options.

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      </para>

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      <para>

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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>

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      </para>

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    </informalexample>

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    <informalexample>

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      <para>

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        Show a different prompt.

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      </para>

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      <para>

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        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --prompt=Password</userinput>

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      </para>

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    </informalexample>

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  <refsect1 id="security">

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  <refsect1 id="see_also">

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    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

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    <para>

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>crypttab</refentrytitle>

 

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plugin-runner</refentrytitle>

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      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

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      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>proc</refentrytitle>

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