[Bug 208578] Wrong description of master key in chapter 17.12.2 (Disk Encryption with geli)

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            Bug ID: 208578
           Summary: Wrong description of master key in chapter 17.12.2
                    (Disk Encryption with geli)
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: freebsd-doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: wout at canodus.be

In Procedure 17.4 step 2 (Generate the Master Key) there is a wrong description
of the master key:

"The following commands generate a master key (/root/da2.key) that is protected
with a passphrase."

/root/da2.key is NOT the master key. The master key is random and each stored
copy of the master key is encrypted with a user key, which in turn is generated
by the geli utility from a passphrase and/or a key file (see KEY SUMMARY in
geli(8)).

I suggest changing the sentence into:

"The following commands generate a master key that is protected with a key file
(/root/da2.key) and a passphrase."

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