Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
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url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">systemd
Password Agent Specification</ulink>.</para>
- <para>If a password is queried on a tty the user may
+ <para>If a password is queried on a TTY, the user may
press TAB to hide the asterisks normally shown for
each character typed. Pressing Backspace as first key
achieves the same effect.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--h</option></term>
+ <term><option>-h</option></term>
<term><option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Prints a short help
<term><option>--icon=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specify an icon name
- alongside the pasword query, which may
+ alongside the password query, which may
be used in all agents supporting
graphical display. The icon name
should follow the <ulink
<listitem><para>Specify the query
timeout in seconds. Defaults to
- 3min.</para></listitem>
+ 90s. A timeout of 0 waits indefinitely.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--accept-cached</option></term>
- <listitem><para>If passed accept
+ <listitem><para>If passed, accept
cached passwords, i.e. passwords
previously typed in.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>