systemd-cryptsetup: Encountered unknown /etc/crypttab option '_netdev', ignoring.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When _netdev option is added to /etc/crypttab, this log starts appearing:

    # systemctl status systemd-cryptsetup@srv.service -l
    ● systemd-cryptsetup@srv.service - Cryptography Setup for srv
       Loaded: loaded (/etc/crypttab; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
       Active: active (exited) since Pi 2020-10-30 16:20:27 CET; 56min ago
         Docs: man:crypttab(5)
               man:systemd-cryptsetup-generator(8)
               man:systemd-cryptsetup@.service(8)
     Main PID: 682 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    
    okt 30 16:20:21 server systemd[1]: Starting Cryptography Setup for srv...
    okt 30 16:20:21 server systemd-cryptsetup[682]: Encountered unknown /etc/crypttab option '_netdev', ignoring.
    okt 30 16:20:24 server systemd-cryptsetup[682]: Set cipher aes, mode xts-plain64, key size 256 bits for device /dev/vgsys/srv_encrypt.
    okt 30 16:20:27 server systemd[1]: Started Cryptography Setup for srv.
    

This option is expected to be supported - at least according to man crypttab.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (RHEL) 7.9

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