systemd-ask-password-console.service - Man Page

systemd-ask-password-console​.service 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​. systemd-ask-password-wall​.service is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via wall(1)​. It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified​.

See the developer documentation​^[1] for more information about the system password logic​.

Note that these services invoke systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1) with either the --watch --console or --watch --wall command line parameters​.

systemd(1), systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1), wall(1)

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developer documentation
https://systemd.io/PASSWORD_AGENTS/

systemd-ask-password(1), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7), systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1).

The man pages systemd-ask-password-console.path(8), systemd-ask-password-wall.path(8) and systemd-ask-password-wall.service(8) are aliases of systemd-ask-password-console.service(8).