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.TH CRYPTSETUP 8 .SH NAME cryptsetup \- setup encrypted partition .SH SYNOPSIS .B cryptsetup .B -f .I files ... .br .B cryptsetup .B -o .I files ... .br .B cryptsetup .B -i .I files ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Cryptsetup prepares a AES-encrypted partition to be used with the .IR fs (3) device. .PP The .B -f flag formats the partitions .I files, generating a new encryption key. The encryption key is protected by a password that .I cryptsetup will prompt for confirmation. .PP The flags .B -i and .B -o activate a previously formated encrypted partition. The .B -o flag outputs the .IR fs (3) ctl activation commands to standard output where .B -i directly writes them to the .B '/dev/fs/ctl' file. .PP Once activated, the new partition appears under .BI /dev/fs/ name where .I name is the last path element of the .I files argument. .SH SEE ALSO .IR fs (3)