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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-10-26 05:29:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2010-10-26 05:29:39 +0200 |
| commit | 501fc174c22aebd3181af08a4cfa65cc92bbe233 (patch) | |
| tree | 06b3d2d201cea6f6a28a06b1b556226052472dec /man/systemctl.xml | |
| parent | 0ddf1d3aa5e96b752ad62be48f99d7850a3d8542 (diff) | |
systemctl: automatically spawn temporary password agent when we might need one
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemctl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemctl.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index cdf4f5cd29..10e0f82441 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -242,6 +242,29 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> + + <listitem><para>When used with + <command>start</command> and related + commands, disables asking for + passwords. Background services may + require input of a password or + passphrase string, for example to + unlock system hard disks or + cryptographic certificates. Unless + this option is specified and the + command is invoked from a terminal + <command>systemctl</command> will + query the user on the terminal for the + necessary secrets. Use this option to + switch this behaviour off. In this + case the password must be supplied by + some other means (for example + graphical password agents) or the + service might fail.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--kill-mode=</option></term> <listitem><para>When used with |