SYSTEMD-V...@.SERVICE(8) systemd-veritysetup@.service SYSTEMD-V...@.SERVICE(8)
NAME
systemd-veritysetup@.service, systemd-veritysetup - Disk verity
protection logic
SYNOPSIS
systemd-veritysetup@.service
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-veritysetup
DESCRIPTION
systemd-veritysetup@.service is a service responsible for setting up
verity protection block devices. It should be instantiated for each
device that requires verity protection.
At early boot and when the system manager configuration is reloaded
kernel command line configuration for verity protected block devices is
translated into systemd-veritysetup@.service units by systemd-
veritysetup-generator(8).
systemd-veritysetup@.service calls systemd-veritysetup.
COMMANDS
The following commands are understood by systemd-veritysetup:
attach volume datadevice hashdevice roothash [option...]
Create a block device volume using datadevice and hashdevice as the
backing devices. roothash forms the root of the tree of hashes
stored on hashdevice. See Kernel dm-verity[1] documentation for
details.
Added in version 250.
detach volume
Detach (destroy) the block device volume.
Added in version 250.
help
Print short information about command syntax.
Added in version 250.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-veritysetup-generator(8), veritysetup(8)
NOTES
1. Kernel dm-verity
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/verity.html
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