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

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent [OPTIONS…] [VARIABLE=VALUE…]

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].

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.

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

systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-ask-password-console.service(8), wall(1), plymouth(8)

1. Password Agents Specification

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