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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | REPORTING BUGS | SEE ALSO | CRYPTSETUP |
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CRYPTSETUP-REPAIR(8) Maintenance Commands CRYPTSETUP-REPAIR(8)
cryptsetup-repair - repair the device metadata
cryptsetup repair [<options>] <device>
Tries to repair the device metadata if possible. Currently
supported only for LUKS device type.
This command is useful to fix some known benign LUKS metadata
header corruptions. Only basic corruptions of unused keyslot are
fixable. This command will only change the LUKS header, not any
key-slot data. You may enforce LUKS version by adding --type
option.
It also repairs (upgrades) LUKS2 reencryption metadata by adding
a metadata digest that protects it against malicious changes.
If LUKS2 reencryption was interrupted in the middle of writing
reencryption segment the repair command can be used to perform
reencryption recovery so that reencryption can continue later.
Repairing reencryption requires verification of reencryption
keyslot so passphrase or keyfile is needed.
<options> can be [--timeout, --verify-passphrase,
--disable-locks, --type, --header, --key-file, --keyfile-size,
--keyfile-offset, --key-slot].
WARNING: Always create a binary backup of the original header
before calling this command.
--batch-mode, -q
Suppresses all confirmation questions. Use with care!
If the --verify-passphrase option is not specified, this
option also switches off the passphrase verification.
--debug or --debug-json
Run in debug mode with full diagnostic logs. Debug output
lines are always prefixed by #.
If --debug-json is used, additional LUKS2 JSON data
structures are printed.
--disable-locks
Disable lock protection for metadata on disk. This option is
valid only for LUKS2 and ignored for other formats.
WARNING: Do not use this option unless you run cryptsetup in
a restricted environment where locking is impossible to
perform (where /run directory cannot be used).
--header <device or file storing the LUKS header>
Use a detached (separated) metadata device or file where the
LUKS header is stored. This option allows one to store
ciphertext and LUKS header on different devices.
For commands that change the LUKS header (e.g. luksAddKey),
specify the device or file with the LUKS header directly as
the LUKS device.
--help, -?
Show help text and default parameters.
--key-file, -d name
Read the passphrase from file.
If the name given is "-", then the passphrase will be read
from stdin. In this case, reading will not stop at newline
characters.
See section NOTES ON PASSPHRASE PROCESSING in cryptsetup(8)
for more information.
--keyfile-offset value
Skip value bytes at the beginning of the key file.
--keyfile-size, -l value
Read a maximum of value bytes from the key file. The default
is to read the whole file up to the compiled-in maximum that
can be queried with --help. Supplying more data than the
compiled-in maximum aborts the operation.
This option is useful to cut trailing newlines, for example.
If --keyfile-offset is also given, the size count starts
after the offset.
--key-slot, -S <0-N>
For LUKS operations that add key material, this option allows
you to specify which key slot is selected for the new key.
The maximum number of key slots depends on the LUKS version.
LUKS1 can have up to 8 key slots. LUKS2 can have up to 32 key
slots based on key slot area size and key size, but a valid
key slot ID can always be between 0 and 31 for LUKS2.
--timeout, -t <number of seconds>
The number of seconds to wait before timeout on passphrase
input via terminal. It is relevant every time a passphrase is
asked. It has no effect if used in conjunction with
--key-file.
This option is useful when the system should not stall if the
user does not input a passphrase, e.g. during boot. The
default is a value of 0 seconds, which means to wait forever.
--type <device-type>
Specifies required device type, for more info read BASIC
ACTIONS section in cryptsetup(8).
--usage
Show short option help.
--verify-passphrase, -y
When interactively asking for a passphrase, ask for it twice
and complain if both inputs do not match. Ignored on input
from file or stdin.
--version, -V
Show the program version.
Report bugs at cryptsetup mailing list
<cryptsetup@lists.linux.dev> or in Issues project section
<https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/-/issues/new>.
Please attach output of the failed command with --debug option
added.
Cryptsetup FAQ
<https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions>
cryptsetup(8), integritysetup(8) and veritysetup(8)
Part of cryptsetup project
<https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/>. This page is part of
the Cryptsetup ((open-source disk encryption)) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup⟩. If you have a bug
report for this manual page, send it to dm-crypt@saout.de. This
page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.git⟩ on 2024-06-14. (At
that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in
the repository was 2024-06-11.) If you discover any rendering
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