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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions docs/Getting Started/NixOS/Root on ZFS.rst
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Expand Up @@ -207,10 +207,13 @@ System Installation

#. **LUKS only**: Setup encrypted LUKS container for root pool::

# Use this short bash script to load your password in a variable.
read -p "Password: " -rs P; echo; read -p "Password (repeat): " -rs Q; echo; if [ "$P" == "$Q" ]; then YOUR_PASSWD=$P; else echo "Try again. Passwords are not the same."; fi; unset P Q

for i in ${DISK}; do
# see PASSPHRASE PROCESSING section in cryptsetup(8)
printf "YOUR_PASSWD" | cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 "${i}"-part3 -
printf "YOUR_PASSWD" | cryptsetup luksOpen "${i}"-part3 luks-rpool-"${i##*/}"-part3 -
printf "$YOUR_PASSWD" | cryptsetup luksFormat --type luks2 "${i}"-part3 -
printf "$YOUR_PASSWD" | cryptsetup luksOpen "${i}"-part3 luks-rpool-"${i##*/}"-part3 -
done

#. Create boot pool
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