---
name: "cryptdisks_stop"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cryptsetup"
version: "2:2.7.5-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cryptdisks_stop"
---

# cryptdisks\_stop(8)

wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab.

## NAME

cryptdisks\_stop - wrapper around cryptsetup that parses /etc/crypttab.

## SYNOPSIS

**cryptdisks\_stop** *\<name\>*

## DESCRIPTION

**cryptdisks\_stop** is a wrapper around **cryptsetup** that parses **/etc/crypttab** just like the initscript /etc/init.d/cryptdisks does and stops the dm-crypt mapping that corresponds to *\<name\>*.

## SEE ALSO

[*cryptdisks\_start*(8)](/cryptdisks_start/8.md), [*cryptsetup*(8)](/cryptsetup/8.md), [*crypttab*(5)](/crypttab/5.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jonas Meurer \<mejo@debian.org\> in January 2008.