this way can be turned off via the new
`systemd.import_credentials=no` kernel command line option.
- * LoadCredential= will now automatically search for credentials to
- import in the /etc/credstore/, /run/credstore/, /usr/lib/credstore/
- directories if no or a relative source filename is passed. Similar
- LoadCredentialEncrypted= will search in these same directories, plus
+ * LoadCredential= will now automatically look for credentials in the
+ /etc/credstore/, /run/credstore/, /usr/lib/credstore/ directories if
+ the argument is not an absolute path. Similarly,
+ LoadCredentialEncrypted= will check the same directories plus
/etc/credstore.encrypted/, /run/credstore.encrypted/ and
- /usr/lib/credstore.encrypted/. The idea is that these directories are
- now the recommended system-wide location to place credentials for
- automatic pick-up by services in.
+ /usr/lib/credstore.encrypted/. The idea is to use those directories
+ as the system-wide location for credentials that services should pick
+ up automatically.
* System and service credentials are described in great detail in a new
document: