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| author | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2010-03-25 03:07:00 +0100 |
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| committer | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2010-03-25 03:07:00 +0100 |
| commit | 09fbb6c5727d3700cc672240fc69b026ef7a6e68 (patch) | |
| tree | fddf5d47651e6ec782157a6b4961be2d2a8c6529 | |
| parent | 40b99bb35a81066aadbd13e663ffdf9d1a3ba2ad (diff) | |
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initramfs.conf.5: document UMASK variable for sensitive initramfs
UMASK variable was supported for some time, but nobody knew about it.
(closes: #536195)
Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | initramfs.conf.5 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/initramfs.conf.5 b/initramfs.conf.5 index 5fa6f87..984d1a2 100644 --- a/initramfs.conf.5 +++ b/initramfs.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH INITRAMFS.CONF 5 "2008/12/19" "Linux" "initramfs.conf manual" +.TH INITRAMFS.CONF 5 "2010/03/25" "Linux" "initramfs.conf manual" .SH NAME initramfs.conf \- configuration file for mkinitramfs @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ The keymap will anyway be loaded by the initscripts later, and the packages that might need input will normally set this variable automatically, so there should normally be no need to set this. +.TP +\fB UMASK +Set the umask value of the generated initramfs file. +Useful to not disclose eventual keys. + .SH NFS VARIABLES .TP \fB BOOT |