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6 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent - List or process pending systemd
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10 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent [OPTIONS...] [VARIABLE=VALUE...]
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13 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent is a password agent that handles
14 password requests of the system, for example for hard disk encryption
15 passwords or SSL certificate passwords that need to be queried at
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18 systemd-tty-ask-password-agent implements the Password Agents
19 Specification[1], and is one of many possible response agents which
20 answer to queries formulated with systemd-ask-password(1).
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23 The following options are understood:
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26 Lists all currently pending system password requests.
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29 Process all currently pending system password requests by querying
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36 Forward password requests to wall(1) instead of querying the user
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40 Ask question with plymouth(8) instead of querying the user on the
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57 systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-ask-password-console.service(8),
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61 1. Password Agents Specification
62 https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents
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