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  <a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 219</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
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    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="idm139991032370336"></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> is
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    a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such
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    as hard disk encryption keys and SSL certificate passphrases) on
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    the console. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure
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    proper handling of passwords necessary for boot.
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    <code class="filename">systemd-ask-password-wall.service</code> is a system
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    service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via
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    <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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    It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are
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    properly notified.</p><p>See the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents" target="_top">
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    developer documentation</a> for more information about the
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    system password logic.</p><p>Note that these services invoke
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    <a href="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</span>(1)</span></a>
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    with either the <span class="command"><strong>--watch --console</strong></span> or
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    <span class="command"><strong>--watch --wall</strong></span> command line parameters.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139991032362528"></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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      <a href="systemd.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd</span>(1)</span></a>,
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      <a href="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</span>(1)</span></a>,
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      <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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