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Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd-ask-password.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-ask-password.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-ask-password.xml b/man/systemd-ask-password.xml index 2a4d24349b..2b6fb5a82f 100644 --- a/man/systemd-ask-password.xml +++ b/man/systemd-ask-password.xml @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ processes.</para> <para>The purpose of this tool is to query system-wide passwords - -- that is passwords not attached to a specific user account. + — that is passwords not attached to a specific user account. Examples include: unlocking encrypted hard disks when they are plugged in or at boot, entering an SSL certificate passphrase for web and VPN servers.</para> @@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ This will output one password per line.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--no-output</option></term> + + <listitem><para>Do not print passwords to standard output. + This is useful if you want to store a password in kernel + keyring with <option>--keyname</option> but do not want it + to show up on screen or in logs.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> </variablelist> |