systemd/man/systemd-ask-password-console.service.xml
Tom Gundersen 12b42c7667 man: revert dynamic paths for split-usr setups
This did not really work out as we had hoped. Trying to do this upstream
introduced several problems that probably makes it better suited as a
downstream patch after all. At any rate, it is not releaseable in the
current state, so we at least need to revert this before the release.

 * by adjusting the path to binaries, but not do the same thing to the
   search path we end up with inconsistent man-pages. Adjusting the search
   path too would be quite messy, and it is not at all obvious that this is
   worth the effort, but at any rate it would have to be done before we
   could ship this.

 * this means that distributed man-pages does not make sense as they depend
   on config options, and for better or worse we are still distributing
   man pages, so that is something that definitely needs sorting out before
   we could ship with this patch.

 * we have long held that split-usr is only minimally supported in order
   to boot, and something we hope will eventually go away. So before we start
   adding even more magic/effort in order to make this work nicely, we should
   probably question if it makes sense at all.
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<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 project='man-pages'><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 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>