# Encrypted Disk and automatic setting of the password **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [March 17, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/encrypted-disk-and-automatic-setting-of-the-password/9246 "2023-03-17T15:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thmsbu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@thmsbu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/thmsbu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/encrypted-disk-and-automatic-setting-of-the-password/9246/1 "2023-03-17T15:47:43Z")
I am currently trying to auto set the password during the start/boot process to automatically decrypt the encrypted drive to continue the boot process (until login). VM: Oracle VirtualBox OS: rocky 9.1 I have done the following configurations in the installation process: 1. set the storage configuration to automatic during installation 2. selected encryption and set a password After that I updated the following entry in the file /etc/crypttab (I did not change the name or uuid of the drive and kept the automatically generated name/uuid). 1. entry none to /etc/luks-keys/passwort or /boot/luks-keys/passwort 2. luks,discard 3. after that i updated the initramfs with `sudo dracut -f` 4. give rights for root to read from the file (-rw------- root root) What I have tried so far: - other combinations (only discard) and other locations of the password file - checked the paths for spelling mistakes - the password does not contain special- and space characters - password entry with quotes and without quotes - the service under systemctl status systemd-cryptsetup@luks\…{uuid} is also running After the system boots it also asks me for the password and the password works fine. I can log in successfully after that. When I look at the logs from journalctl it also gives an error: failed to activate, key file ‘/boot/luks-keys/password’ missing. Do I need to update another configuration for the grub bootloader in the file /etc/defualt/grub in the line for GRUB\_CMDLINE\_LINUX=“…”? I am aware that the password is plain in the file and it is not encrypted yet. I am aware that the password is plain in the file and it is not encrypted yet. It concerns me primarily to be able to illustrate the functionality. I’m a little out of ideas at the moment on what this can be. Does anyone have a tip /suggestion? Or can even guide me a bit how I can implement this? I wish you all a good start to the weekend PS: Here is a snippet of the log: ![logfile-10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/9/970deb15d70b625e38de4dbd4f9f41e2d093a22c.jpeg) ![logfile-11](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/f/fa41b06d37aacd36093ffe2f7119b32ea8e71cc0.jpeg) ![logfile-12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/7/7607c11d8d2f0d9dc4b108312e580ac6f32afce2.jpeg) ![logfile-13](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/7/7a3967cc5fbb6ecfd0e4a75035d7499698c857ff.jpeg) ![logfile-14](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/7/737c07a54da3aa693f3be12ba0b3aaaa960b42f0.jpeg) ![logfile-15](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/3/326146f95d84e88e31dec660d4bd85d04c7e6feb.jpeg) ![logfile-16](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/d/d7883427ded7587f694a37d96f6aaf8abf83ea7a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ritov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Ritov](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Ritov)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/encrypted-disk-and-automatic-setting-of-the-password/9246/2 "2023-03-17T19:48:52Z")
Please, do not upload pictures to show plain text. Use the pre-formatted text option here in the editor for it. About your issue: did you have taken into account that /boot is a mount point? I haven’ t test it, but how does dracuts initrd look into this directory ( /luks-keys/passwort) ? May be choose a different location … ---
**Author:** ![thmsbu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@thmsbu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/thmsbu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/encrypted-disk-and-automatic-setting-of-the-password/9246/3 "2023-03-20T09:08:12Z")
It worked! Thanks for the hint with the file location and if dracut or the initramfs contains/is visible the file at all. I have now carried out the following steps: 1. create own .conf file to assign the password file `nano /etc/dracut.conf.d/luks-keys.conf` 2. entry of the path to the password file `install_items+=" /etc/luks-keys/passwort "` 3. update the initramf `sudo dracut -f` 4. check if the file appears in initrmfs `sudo lsinitrd | less` For completion here the entry in `/etc/crypttab`: ` /etc/luks-keys/passwort discard` @Ritov thanks for the hint with the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/encrypted-disk-and-automatic-setting-of-the-password/9246/4 "2023-08-25T03:21:10Z")