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 \m[blue]Password Agents Specification\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2, 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.
-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
Password Agents Specification \%https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/