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SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1) | systemd-tty-ask-password-agent | SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1) |
NAME¶
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent - List or process pending systemd password requestsSYNOPSIS¶
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent [OPTIONS...] [VARIABLE=VALUE...]
DESCRIPTION¶
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent is a password agent that handles password requests of the system, for example for hard disk encryption passwords or SSL certificate passwords that need to be queried at boot-time or during runtime.systemd-tty-ask-password-agent implements the Password Agents Specification[1], and is one of many possible response agents which answer to queries formulated with systemd-ask-password(1).
OPTIONS¶
The following options are understood:--list
Lists all currently pending system password
requests.
--query
Process all currently pending system password requests by
querying the user on the calling TTY.
--watch
Continuously process password requests.
--wall
Forward password requests to wall(1) instead of
querying the user on the calling TTY.
--plymouth
Ask question with plymouth(8) instead of querying
the user on the calling TTY.
--console
Ask question on /dev/console instead of querying the user
on the calling TTY.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
EXIT STATUS¶
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.SEE ALSO¶
systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-ask-password-console.service(8), wall(1), plymouth(8)NOTES¶
- 1.
- Password Agents Specification
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