systemd systemd-tty-ask-password-agent 1 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent List or process pending systemd password requests systemd-tty-ask-password-agent OPTIONS VARIABLE=VALUE systemd-tty-ask-password-agent 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. systemd-tty-ask-password-agent implements the Password Agents Specification, and is one of many possible response agents which answer to queries formulated with systemd-ask-password1. The following options are understood: --list Lists all currently pending system password requests. --query Process all currently pending system password requests by querying the user on the calling TTY. --watch Continuously process password requests. --wall Forward password requests to wall1 instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. --plymouth Ask question with plymouth8 instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. --console=DEVICE Ask question on TTY DEVICE instead of querying the user on the calling TTY. If DEVICE is not specified, /dev/console will be used. On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. systemd1 systemctl1 systemd-ask-password-console.service8 wall1 plymouth8