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+
+<refentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refname>
+ <refpurpose>List or process pending systemd password requests</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">VARIABLE=VALUE</arg></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command>
+ 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.</para>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command>
+ implements the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">Password
+ Agents Specification</ulink>.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--h</option></term>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--version</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short version
+ string and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--list</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Lists all currently pending system password requests.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--query</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Process all currently
+ pending system password requests by
+ querying the user on the calling
+ TTY.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--watch</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Continuously process
+ password requests.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--wall</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Forward password
+ requests to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ instead of querying the user on the
+ calling TTY.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--plymouth</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Ask question with
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ instead of querying the user on the
+ calling TTY.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--console</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Ask question on
+ <filename>/dev/console</filename>
+ instead of querying the user on the
+ calling TTY. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
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