{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "cryptdisks_start",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptdisks_start/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-09-12T19:09:20Z",
    "synopsis": "cryptdisksstart <name>",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "cryptdisksstart - wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "cryptdisksstart <name>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "cryptdisksstart is a wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab just like the\ninitscript /etc/init.d/cryptdisks does and starts the dm-crypt mapping that corresponds to\n<name>.\n\nNote that this wrapper passes --key-file=- to cryptsetup, so the passphrase in any referenced\nkey file must not be followed by a newline character.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "cryptdisksstop(8), cryptsetup(8), crypttab(5)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer <mejo@debian.org> in December 2007.\n\ncryptsetup 2:2.7.0-1ubunt                    2024-11-14                          CRYPTDISKSSTART(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "cryptdisksstart - wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab.",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "cryptdisksstop",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptdisksstop/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "cryptsetup",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cryptsetup/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "crypttab",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/crypttab/5/json"
        }
    ]
}