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This commit fixes two instances of a miscount. As the number is not important in either case, and seemingly subject to changes, it was removed entirely.

Another sentence was reworded to improve readability.
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Adrian Wannenmacher 2024-05-06 20:53:02 +02:00 committed by Luca Boccassi
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@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ purpose. Specifically, the following features are provided:
## Configuring per-Service Credentials
Within unit files, there are four settings to configure service credentials.
Within unit files, there are the following settings to configure service
credentials.
1. `LoadCredential=` may be used to load a credential from disk, from an
`AF_UNIX` socket, or propagate them from a system credential.
@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Each credential configured with these options carries a short name (suitable
for inclusion in a filename) in the unit file, under which the invoked service
code can then retrieve it. Each name should only be specified once.
For details about these four settings [see the man
For details about these settings [see the man
page](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#Credentials).
It is a good idea to also enable mount namespacing for services that process
@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ via `systemd-creds cat`.
## Encryption
Credentials are supposed to be useful for carrying sensitive information, such
as cryptographic key material. For this kind of data (symmetric) encryption and
as cryptographic key material. For such purposes (symmetric) encryption and
authentication are provided to make storage of the data at rest safer. The data
may be encrypted and authenticated with AES256-GCM. The encryption key can
either be one derived from the local TPM2 device, or one stored in