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ppdddown

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NAME

ppdddown - a "down" script for ppdd  

SYNOPSIS

This scripts allows the user to select which ppdd devices he wants to have checksummed during the machine halt or reboot sequence. It is mainly intended for systems using root filesystem encryption.  

DESCRIPTION

The script takes exactly one argument, the normal "down" command.  

e.g. ppdddown reboot  

It will ask the user about each ppdd device it knows about from the /etc/ppddtab file. The user has the choice of asking for checksums to be made or not. The script then continues with the "down" process.
The script assumes that the example halt script is in place. If you have tailored the halt script yourself you may need to edit this script too.  

RETURN VALUE

The script never returns.  

ERRORS

All ppdd utilities display fairly meaningful errors (mostly on stderr). In all cases the errors have a unique error number to help locate the problem in the source code. If an error message is not clear then best source of explanation at this stage is the source itself.  

ENVIRONMENT

The program does not use any environment variables.  

FILES

Files (and devices) are specified as arguments.  

SEE ALSO

ppdd(1) ppddcsum(1) ppddinit(1) ppddmchk(1) ppddpassw(1) ppddsetup(1) ppdduprev(1) ppdecrypt(1) ppdncrypt(1) ppddtab(5).  

(c) 1999 Allan Latham - version 0.9


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO

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