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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-10-26 05:29:39 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2010-10-26 05:29:39 +0200
commit501fc174c22aebd3181af08a4cfa65cc92bbe233 (patch)
tree06b3d2d201cea6f6a28a06b1b556226052472dec /man
parent0ddf1d3aa5e96b752ad62be48f99d7850a3d8542 (diff)
systemctl: automatically spawn temporary password agent when we might need one
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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