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22 | <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 217</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="systemd-ask-password-console.service"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>systemd-ask-password-console.service, systemd-ask-password-console.path, systemd-ask-password-wall.service, systemd-ask-password-wall.path — Query the user for system passwords on the |
| 23 | console and via wall</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><p><code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-console.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-console.path</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-wall.service</code></p><p><code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-wall.path</code></p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214167738832"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-console.service</code> | |
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24 | is a system service that queries the user for system |
| 25 | passwords (such as hard disk encryption keys and SSL | |
| 26 | certificate passphrases) on the console. It is | |
| 27 | intended to be used during boot to ensure proper | |
| 28 | handling of passwords necessary for | |
| 29 | boot. <code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-wall.service</code> | |
| 30 | is a system service that informs all logged in users | |
| 31 | for system passwords via | |
| 5eef597e | 32 | <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/wall.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wall</span>(1)</span></a>. It |
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33 | is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users |
| 34 | are properly notified.</p><p>See the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents" target="_top"> | |
| 35 | developer documentation</a> for more information | |
| 36 | about the system password logic.</p><p>Note that these services invoke | |
| 37 | <a href="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</span>(1)</span></a> | |
| 38 | with either the <span class="command"><strong>--watch --console</strong></span> | |
| 39 | or <span class="command"><strong>--watch --wall</strong></span> command line | |
| 5eef597e | 40 | parameters.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm214167730880"></a><h2 id="See Also">See Also<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#See%20Also">¶</a></h2><p> |
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41 | <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>, |
| 42 | <a href="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</span>(1)</span></a>, | |
| 5eef597e | 43 | <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/wall.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">wall</span>(1)</span></a> |
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