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12b42c76672a66c2d4ea7212c14f8f1b5a62b78dTom Gundersen<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
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7df46b2af58d171665fe99073188f91d567f2696Lennart Poettering<refentry id="systemd-ask-password-console.service">
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <title>systemd-ask-password-console.service</title>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <productname>systemd</productname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refentrytitle>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-ask-password-console.path</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refname>systemd-ask-password-wall.path</refname>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refpurpose>Query the user for system passwords on the
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek console and via wall</refpurpose>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <refsynopsisdiv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.service</filename></para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.path</filename></para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</filename></para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.path</filename></para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek </refsynopsisdiv>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.service</filename> is
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek as hard disk encryption keys and SSL certificate passphrases) on
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek the console. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek proper handling of passwords necessary for boot.
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</filename> is a system
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek properly notified.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek developer documentation</ulink> for more information about the
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek system password logic.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <para>Note that these services invoke
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek with either the <command>--watch --console</command> or
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <command>--watch --wall</command> command line parameters.</para>
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a524ea57aaf40cb53858aaa45ec702f012dZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>