cryptdisks_start 8 cryptdisks_start wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab. cryptdisks_start <name> cryptdisks_start is a wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab just like the initscript /etc/init.d/cryptdisks does and starts the dm-crypt mapping that corresponds to <name>. Note that this wrapper passes --key-file=- to cryptsetup, so the passphrase in any referenced key file must not be followed by a newline character. cryptdisks_stop(8), cryptsetup(8), crypttab(5) This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer <mejo@debian.org> in December 2007.