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+'\" t
+.TH "SYSTEMD\-ASK\-PASSWORD\-CONSOLE\&.SERVICE" "8" "" "systemd 255" "systemd-ask-password-console.service"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * set default formatting
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "NAME"
+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
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.PP
+systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.service
+.PP
+systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.path
+.PP
+systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.service
+.PP
+systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.path
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+systemd\-ask\-password\-console\&.service
+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\&.
+systemd\-ask\-password\-wall\&.service
+is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via
+\fBwall\fR(1)\&. It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified\&.
+.PP
+See the
+\m[blue]\fBdeveloper documentation\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2
+for more information about the system password logic\&.
+.PP
+Note that these services invoke
+\fBsystemd-tty-ask-password-agent\fR(1)
+with either the
+\fB\-\-watch \-\-console\fR
+or
+\fB\-\-watch \-\-wall\fR
+command line parameters\&.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBsystemd\fR(1),
+\fBsystemd-tty-ask-password-agent\fR(1),
+\fBwall\fR(1)
+.SH "NOTES"
+.IP " 1." 4
+developer documentation
+.RS 4
+\%https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/
+.RE