From 09fbb6c5727d3700cc672240fc69b026ef7a6e68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: maximilian attems Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:07:00 +0100 Subject: 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 --- initramfs.conf.5 | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3