From 501fc174c22aebd3181af08a4cfa65cc92bbe233 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:29:39 +0200 Subject: systemctl: automatically spawn temporary password agent when we might need one --- man/systemctl.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/systemctl.xml b/man/systemctl.xml index cdf4f5cd29..10e0f82441 100644 --- a/man/systemctl.xml +++ b/man/systemctl.xml @@ -241,6 +241,29 @@ changes. + + + + When used with + start 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 + systemctl 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. + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf