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title: "dracut"
description: "1 posts about dracut, summarised, each linking to the original."
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# dracut
> 1 posts about dracut, summarised, each linking to the original.

## Articles

### [Unlock a LUKS root over SSH on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://yomu.fyi/post/unlock-a-luks-root-over-ssh-on-fedora-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux.md)
- Company: [Red Hat](https://yomu.fyi/company/red-hat.md)
- Author: Josephine Pfeiffer
- Published: Sep 11, 2026
- Type: Tutorial

Remote Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers with encrypted LUKS roots can stop in the initramfs, waiting for a passphrase at an unattended console. The documented setup installs dracut-sshd from EPEL, adds dracut’s network-manager module, enables rd.neednet=1 and ip=dhcp in GRUB, then rebuilds the initramfs and boot configuration. NetworkManager brings up the initramfs network, while SSH exposes systemd-tty-ask-password-agent; the SSH session closes after unlocking because the root transition destroys the initramfs sshd. The rd.neednet=1 argument creates the neednet flag that gates nm-initrd.service, and the generated connection profile carries into the real root. Initramfs credentials sit unencrypted on /boot, so dedicated host keys, separate known\_hosts entries, and physical testing are recommended before relying on remote recovery.