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Description of problem:

  Looks like we need to update the dracut.conf man page to accomodate
  the new version of dracut we shipped in RHEL 6.5. Might need to update
  dracut man page too.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  dracut-004-336.el6

Additional info:

  It appears that the dracut.conf man page (not sure about dracut man page
  itself) was not updated to reflect the new features. I noticed this
  because I was looking for a way to make dracut always include certain
  arbitrary files in the initramfs it builds (e.g., luks key files) and
  I found such an option in the Fedora dracut.conf man page (a directive
  called "install_items") which DOES work with dracut.conf in RHEL 6.5,
  but which isn't in the man page there.

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please test:
http://people.redhat.com/harald/downloads/dracut/dracut-004-347.el6/

http://people.redhat.com/harald/downloads/dracut/dracut-004-349.el6/

# man dracut.conf

       install_items+=" <file>[ <file> ...] "

              Specify additional files to include in the initramfs, separated by spaces.


with dracut-004-349.el6.noarch. 

missing man page section for install_items is referenced in comment #0 so I'm moving this to VERIFIED. Please open another bug report(s) for other missing sections or options.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1492.html