#1042094 initramfs-tools: Please support systemd-cryptsetup unlocked root filesystem

Package:
initramfs-tools
Source:
initramfs-tools
Submitter:
Jonathan Hettwer (bauen1)
Date:
2025-11-16 23:21:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1042094#5
Date:
2023-07-26 15:57:40 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

I want to utilize systemd-cryptsetup to unlock an encrypted root
filesystem using e.g. a TPM2.0, or one of the other options offered by
systemd-cryptsetup.
This is supported by dracut, since it uses systemd in the initramfs.

Supporting this would require (optionally) including systemd-cryptsetup in the
initramfs and running it to potentially unlock some devices
automatically.
However, I am not sure if systemd-cryptsetup requires systemd to be running, so
this may or may not depend on #717429 which is unlikely to be implemented.

#1042094#12
Date:
2025-11-16 23:19:13 UTC
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To:
Control: tag -1 wontfix

I don't think we will try to implement this in initramfs-tools.  If you
need this then use dracut (which will be the default initramfs generator
for the next Debian release anyway).

Ben.