Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
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-<refentry id="systemd-ask-password">
+<refentry id="systemd-ask-password"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-ask-password</title>
used to query a system password or passphrase from the
user, using a question message specified on the
command line. When run from a TTY it will query a
- password on the TTY and print it to STDOUT. When run
+ password on the TTY and print it to standard output. When run
with no TTY or with <option>--no-tty</option> it will
query the password system-wide and allow active users
to respond via several agents. The latter is
asking the user for passwords using Plymouth; a
boot-time password agent querying the user directly on
the console; an agent requesting password input via a
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
message; an agent suitable for running in a GNOME
session; a command line agent which can be started
temporarily to process queued password requests; a TTY
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>
<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>--icon=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specify the query
timeout in seconds. Defaults to
- 90s.</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>
output one password per
line.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
code otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>