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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>