systemd-tty-ask-password-agent — List or process pending systemd password requests
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent [OPTIONS...] [VARIABLE=VALUE...]
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.
The following options are understood:
-h, --help¶Prints a short help text and exits.
--version¶Prints a short version string and exits.
--list¶Lists all currently pending system password requests.
--query¶Process all currently pending system password requests by querying the user on the calling TTY.
--watch¶Continuously process password requests.
--wall¶Forward password requests to wall(1) instead of querying the user on the calling TTY.
--plymouth¶Ask question with plymouth(8) instead of querying the user on the calling TTY.
--console¶Ask question on
/dev/console
instead of querying the user on the
calling TTY.