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MANPAGE: explain that you may have to pass -aessiv with -masterkey

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...if the filesystem was created with that option (or reverse
mode).

Mitigates https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/148
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@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ option can be used to mount a gocryptfs filesystem without a config file.
Note that the command line, and with it the master key, is visible to
anybody on the machine who can execute "ps -auxwww".
This is meant as a recovery option for emergencies, such as if you have
forgotten your password.
forgotten the password or lost the config file.
Even if a config file exists, it will not be used. All non-standard
settings have to be passed on the command line: `-aessiv` when you
mount a filesystem that was created using reverse mode, or
`-plaintextnames` for a filesystem that was created with that option.
Example master key:
6f717d8b-6b5f8e8a-fd0aa206-778ec093-62c5669b-abd229cd-241e00cd-b4d6713d