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<a href="../libudev/index.html">gudev </a><span style="float:right">systemd 218</span><hr><div class="refentry"><a name="systemd-ask-password"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>systemd-ask-password — Query the user for a system password</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">systemd-ask-password [OPTIONS...] [MESSAGE]</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139832082191808"></a><h2 id="Description">Description<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Description">¶</a></h2><p><span class="command"><strong>systemd-ask-password</strong></span> may be
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used to query a system password or passphrase from the
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user, using a question message specified on the
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command line. When run from a TTY it will query a
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password on the TTY and print it to standard output. When run
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with no TTY or with <code class="option">--no-tty</code> it will
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query the password system-wide and allow active users
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to respond via several agents. The latter is
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only available to privileged processes.</p><p>The purpose of this tool is to query system-wide
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passwords -- that is passwords not attached to a
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specific user account. Examples include: unlocking
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encrypted hard disks when they are plugged in or at
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boot, entering an SSL certificate passphrase for web
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and VPN servers.</p><p>Existing agents are: a boot-time password agent
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asking the user for passwords using Plymouth; a
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boot-time password agent querying the user directly on
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the console; an agent requesting password input via 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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message; an agent suitable for running in a GNOME
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session; a command line agent which can be started
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temporarily to process queued password requests; a TTY
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agent that is temporarily spawned during
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<a href="systemctl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemctl</span>(1)</span></a>
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invocations.</p><p>Additional password agents may be implemented
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according to the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents" target="_top">systemd
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Password Agent Specification</a>.</p><p>If a password is queried on a TTY, the user may
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press TAB to hide the asterisks normally shown for
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each character typed. Pressing Backspace as first key
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achieves the same effect.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139832082183792"></a><h2 id="Options">Options<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Options">¶</a></h2><p>The following options are understood:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="--icon="><span class="term"><code class="option">--icon=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--icon=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Specify an icon name
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alongside the password query, which may
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be used in all agents supporting
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graphical display. The icon name
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should follow the <a class="ulink" href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html" target="_top">XDG
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Icon Naming
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Specification</a>.</p></dd><dt id="--timeout="><span class="term"><code class="option">--timeout=</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--timeout=">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Specify the query
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timeout in seconds. Defaults to
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90s. A timeout of 0 waits indefinitely.
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</p></dd><dt id="--echo"><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--echo">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Echo the user input
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instead of masking it. This is useful
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when using
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<code class="filename">systemd-ask-password</code>
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to query for usernames.
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</p></dd><dt id="--no-tty"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-tty</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--no-tty">¶</a></dt><dd><p>Never ask for password
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on current TTY even if one is
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available. Always use agent
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system.</p></dd><dt id="--accept-cached"><span class="term"><code class="option">--accept-cached</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--accept-cached">¶</a></dt><dd><p>If passed, accept
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cached passwords, i.e. passwords
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previously typed in.</p></dd><dt id="--multiple"><span class="term"><code class="option">--multiple</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#--multiple">¶</a></dt><dd><p>When used in
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conjunction with
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<code class="option">--accept-cached</code>
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accept multiple passwords. This will
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output one password per
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line.</p></dd><dt id="-h"><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span><a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this term" href="#-h">¶</a></dt><dd><p><a name="help-text"></a>Print a short help text and exit.
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</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139832086072096"></a><h2 id="Exit status">Exit status<a class="headerlink" title="Permalink to this headline" href="#Exit%20status">¶</a></h2><p>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
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code otherwise.</p></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idm139832086070912"></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="systemctl.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">systemctl</span>(1)</span></a>,
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<a href="http://linux.die.net/man/8/plymouth"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">plymouth</span>(8)</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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