man/systemd-ask-password-console.service.8

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  22 .SH "NAME"
  23 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 console and via wall
  24 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  25 .PP
  26 systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.service
  27 .PP
  28 systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.path
  29 .PP
  30 systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.service
  31 .PP
  32 systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.path
  33 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  34 .PP
  35 systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.service
  36 is a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such as hard disk encryption keys and SSL certificate passphrases) on the console\&. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure proper handling of passwords necessary for boot\&.
  37 systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.service
  38 is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via
  39 \fBwall\fR(1)\&. It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified\&.
  40 .PP
  41 See the
  42 \m[blue]\fBdeveloper documentation\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
  43 for more information about the system password logic\&.
  44 .PP
  45 Note that these services invoke
  46 \fBsystemd-tty-ask-password-agent\fR(1)
  47 with either the
  48 \fB\-\-watch \-\-console\fR
  49 or
  50 \fB\-\-watch \-\-wall\fR
  51 command line parameters\&.
  52 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  53 .PP
  54 \fBsystemd\fR(1),
  55 \fBsystemd-tty-ask-password-agent\fR(1),
  56 \fBwall\fR(1)
  57 .SH "NOTES"
  58 .IP " 1." 4
  59 developer documentation
  60 .RS 4
  61 \%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents
  62 .RE