diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 b/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 index e773cce7b4c9..c3e36fd7263e 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 +++ b/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 26, 2017 +.Dd September 17, 2017 .Dt GELI 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ To inhibit backups, you can use as the .Ar backupfile . .It Fl d -While booting from this encrypted root filesystem enable visibility of -passphrase length. +When entering the passphrase to boot from this encrypted root filesystem, echo +.Ql * +characters. +This makes the length of the passphrase visible. .It Fl e Ar ealgo Encryption algorithm to use. Currently supported algorithms are: @@ -494,11 +496,14 @@ subcommand. .It Fl B Remove the BOOT flag from the given providers. .It Fl d -While booting from this encrypted root filesystem enable visibility of -passphrase length. +When entering the passphrase to boot from this encrypted root filesystem, echo +.Ql * +characters. +This makes the length of the passphrase visible. .It Fl D -While booting from this encrypted root filesystem disable visibility of -passphrase length. +Disable echoing of any characters when a passphrase is entered to boot from this +encrypted root filesystem. +This hides the passphrase length. .It Fl g Enable booting from this encrypted root filesystem. The boot loader prompts for the passphrase and loads |