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| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 | 19 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index 7d109a5de1030..69f9c7cbfd175 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 12.x IS SLOW: soft-float everything else should be affected. 20170826: - During boot the geli passphrase will be hidden. To restore previous - behavior see geli(8) configuration options. + The geli password typed at boot is now hidden. To restore the previous + behavior, see geli(8) for configuration options. 20170825: Move PMTUD blackhole counters to TCPSTATS and remove them from bare diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 b/sbin/geom/class/eli/geli.8 index e773cce7b4c93..c3e36fd7263eb 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 |