# phpman > info > cryptdisks_start

[CRYPTDISKS_START(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/CRYPTDISKSSTART/8/markdown)            cryptsetup manual           [CRYPTDISKS_START(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/CRYPTDISKSSTART/8/markdown)

NAME
       cryptdisks_start - wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab.

SYNOPSIS
       cryptdisks_start <name>

DESCRIPTION
       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.

SEE ALSO
       [cryptdisks_stop(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptdisksstop/8/markdown), [cryptsetup(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptsetup/8/markdown), [crypttab(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/crypttab/5/markdown)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer <<mejo@debian.org>> in
       December 2007.

cryptsetup 2:2.4.3-1ubunt         2024-11-14               [CRYPTDISKS_START(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/CRYPTDISKSSTART/8/markdown)