SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORDsystemd-tty-ask-passwSYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1)

NAME
       systemd-tty-ask-password-agent - List or process pending systemd
       password requests

SYNOPSIS
       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].

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
           http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents



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