man: document tty-ask-password-agent

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Lennart Poettering 2012-06-27 02:12:39 +02:00
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@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ MANPAGES = \
man/systemd-halt.service.8 \
man/systemd-fsck@.service.8 \
man/systemd-ask-password-console.service.8 \
man/systemd-analyze.1
man/systemd-analyze.1 \
man/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.1
MANPAGES_ALIAS = \
man/reboot.8 \

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@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">
developer documentation</ulink> for more information
about the system password logic.</para>
<para>Note that these services invoke
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
with the <command>--watch --console</command>
resp. <command>--watch --wall</command> command line
parameters.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>

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@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
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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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@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include "socket-util.h"
#include "ask-password-api.h"
#include "strv.h"
#include "build.h"
static enum {
ACTION_LIST,
@ -638,6 +639,7 @@ static int help(void) {
printf("%s [OPTIONS...]\n\n"
"Process system password requests.\n\n"
" -h --help Show this help\n"
" --version Show package version\n"
" --list Show pending password requests\n"
" --query Process pending password requests\n"
" --watch Continuously process password requests\n"
@ -657,11 +659,13 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
ARG_WATCH,
ARG_WALL,
ARG_PLYMOUTH,
ARG_CONSOLE
ARG_CONSOLE,
ARG_VERSION
};
static const struct option options[] = {
{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
{ "version", no_argument, NULL, ARG_VERSION },
{ "list", no_argument, NULL, ARG_LIST },
{ "query", no_argument, NULL, ARG_QUERY },
{ "watch", no_argument, NULL, ARG_WATCH },
@ -684,6 +688,12 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
help();
return 0;
case ARG_VERSION:
puts(PACKAGE_STRING);
puts(DISTRIBUTION);
puts(SYSTEMD_FEATURES);
return 0;
case ARG_LIST:
arg_action = ACTION_LIST;
break;