Adding upstream version 255.4.upstream/255.4

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="systemd-tty-ask-password-agent"
+    xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</title>
+    <productname>systemd</productname>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refname>
+    <refpurpose>List or process pending systemd password requests</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <cmdsynopsis>
+      <command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command>
+      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+      <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">VARIABLE=VALUE</arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command> 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.</para>
+
+    <para><command>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</command> implements
+    the <ulink url="https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/">Password Agents
+    Specification</ulink>, and is one of many possible response agents which
+    answer to queries formulated with
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Options</title>
+
+    <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--list</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Lists all currently pending system password requests.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--query</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Process all currently pending system password
+        requests by querying the user on the calling
+        TTY.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--watch</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Continuously process password
+        requests.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--wall</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Forward password requests to
+        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        instead of querying the user on the calling
+        TTY.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--plymouth</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Ask question with
+        <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+        instead of querying the user on the calling
+        TTY.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--console</option><optional>=<replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable></optional></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Ask question on TTY <replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable> instead of querying the user on
+        the calling TTY. If <replaceable>DEVICE</replaceable> is not specified,
+        <filename>/dev/console</filename> will be used.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v186"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+      <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+    </variablelist>
+
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Exit status</title>
+
+    <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+    code otherwise.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See Also</title>
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>