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systemd-tty-ask-password-agent

List or process pending systemd password requests. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.html.

  • List all currently pending system password requests:

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --list

  • Continuously process password requests:

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --watch

  • Process all currently pending system password requests by querying the user on the calling TTY:

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --query

  • Forward password requests to wall instead of querying the user on the calling TTY:

systemd-tty-ask-password-agent --wall