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<refentry id="systemd-ask-password"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-ask-password</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</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-ask-password</refname>
<refpurpose>Query the user for a system password</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>systemd-ask-password <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="opt">MESSAGE</arg></command>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd-ask-password</command> may be used to query
a system password or passphrase from the user, using a question
message specified on the command line. When run from a TTY it will
query a password on the TTY and print it to standard output. When
run with no TTY or with <option>--no-tty</option> it will query
the password system-wide and allow active users to respond via
several agents. The latter is only available to privileged
processes.</para>
<para>The purpose of this tool is to query system-wide passwords
-- 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>
<para>Existing agents are: a boot-time password agent asking the
user for passwords using Plymouth; a boot-time password agent
querying the user directly on the console; an agent requesting
password input via a
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
message; an agent suitable for running in a GNOME session; a
command line agent which can be started temporarily to process
queued password requests; a TTY agent that is temporarily spawned
during
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
invocations.</para>
<para>Additional password agents may be implemented according to
the <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents">systemd
Password Agent Specification</ulink>.</para>
<para>If a password is queried on a TTY, the user may press TAB to
hide the asterisks normally shown for each character typed.
Pressing Backspace as first key achieves the same effect.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>The following options are understood:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--icon=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specify an icon name alongside the password
query, which may be used in all agents supporting graphical
display. The icon name should follow the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG
Icon Naming Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--timeout=</option></term>
<listitem><para>Specify the query timeout in seconds. Defaults
to 90s. A timeout of 0 waits indefinitely. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--echo</option></term>
<listitem><para>Echo the user input instead of masking it.
This is useful when using
<filename>systemd-ask-password</filename> to query for
usernames. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-tty</option></term>
<listitem><para>Never ask for password on current TTY even if
one is available. Always use agent system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--accept-cached</option></term>
<listitem><para>If passed, accept cached passwords, i.e.
passwords previously typed in.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--multiple</option></term>
<listitem><para>When used in conjunction with
<option>--accept-cached</option> accept multiple passwords.
This will output one password per line.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
otherwise.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>plymouth</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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