<?xml version="1.0"?> <!--*-nxml-*--> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2012 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <refentry id="systemd-ask-password-console.service"> <refentryinfo> <title>systemd-ask-password-console.service</title> <productname>systemd</productname> <authorgroup> <author> <contrib>Developer</contrib> <firstname>Lennart</firstname> <surname>Poettering</surname> <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> </author> </authorgroup> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>systemd-ask-password-console.service</refname> <refname>systemd-ask-password-console.path</refname> <refname>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</refname> <refname>systemd-ask-password-wall.path</refname> <refpurpose>Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.service</filename></para> <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.path</filename></para> <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</filename></para> <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.path</filename></para> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para><filename>systemd-ask-password-console.service</filename> is a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such as hard disk encryption keys and SSL certificate passphrases) on the console. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure proper handling of passwords necessary for boot. <filename>systemd-ask-password-wall.service</filename> is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified.</para> <para>See the <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents"> developer documentation</ulink> for more information about the system password logic.</para> <para>Note that these services invoke <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> with either the <command>--watch --console</command> or <command>--watch --wall</command> command line parameters.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-tty-ask-password-agent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> </refentry>