SYSTEMD\-TTY\-ASK\-PASSWORD\-AGENT
Section: systemd-tty-ask-password-agent (1)
Updated:
Page Index
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
m[blue]Password Agents Specificationm[][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
-
https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/