systemd-tty-ask-password-agent

systemd

List or process pending systemd password requests

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent

OPTIONS

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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, 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[=<DEVICE>]
Ask question on TTY <DEVICE> instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. If <DEVICE> is not specified, /dev/console will be used.

Exit status

On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.