From 404dac4d96f4aaf66026e8b412c4b67e8773cffa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20B=C3=A4chler?= <thomas@archlinux.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:24:13 +0200
Subject: cryptsetup: Retry indefinitely if tries=0 option has been set.

When running from initrd, entering a wrong passphrase usually means that
you cannot boot. Therefore, we allow trying indefinitely.
---
 man/crypttab.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'man/crypttab.xml')

diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml
index 15c86d389..90d8ce95f 100644
--- a/man/crypttab.xml
+++ b/man/crypttab.xml
@@ -330,7 +330,9 @@
                                 <term><varname>tries=</varname></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Specifies the maximum number of
-                                times the user is queried for a password.</para></listitem>
+                                times the user is queried for a password.
+                                The default is 3. If set to 0, the user is
+                                queried for a password indefinitely.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
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