systemd-tty-ask-password-agent systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net systemd-tty-ask-password-agent 1 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent List or process pending systemd password requests systemd-tty-ask-password-agent OPTIONS VARIABLE=VALUE Description 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, and is one of many possible response agents which answer to queries formulated with systemd-ask-password1. Options The following options are understood: Lists all currently pending system password requests. Process all currently pending system password requests by querying the user on the calling TTY. Continuously process password requests. Forward password requests to wall1 instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. Ask question with plymouth8 instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. Ask question on /dev/console instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. Exit status On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. See Also systemd1, systemctl1, systemd-ask-password-console.service8, wall1, plymouth8