clevis-luks-pass(1)

clevis-luks-pass1

Extracts the passphrase used for binding a particular slot in a luks device

Usage

clevis luks pass -d DEV -s SLT

Overview

The clevis luks pass command extracts the passphrase used for binding a particular slot in a LUKS device. For example:

clevis luks pass -d /dev/sda1 -s 1

Options

• -d DEV : The LUKS device on which to extract a passphrase from

• -s SLT : The slot to use for extracting the passphrase

Examples

clevis luks pass -d /dev/sda1 -s 1
<passphrase here>

Note that the output of clevis luks pass might be non-printable, in which case it would be better to redirect its output to a file and use it as a key file together with cryptsetup. For instance:

clevis luks pass -d /dev/sda1 -s 1 > slot1-passphrase

And the file slot1-passphrase will contain the passphrase associated with slot #1 in /dev/sda1.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From clevis 22-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.