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27.Dd August 19, 2018
28.Dt PASSWORD.LUA 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm password.lua
32.Nd FreeBSD password module
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34.Nm
35contains functionality for prompting for and checking passwords.
36.Pp
37Before using the functionality provided by
38.Nm ,
39it must be included with a statement such as the following:
40.Pp
41.Dl local password = require("password")
42.Pp
43The following functions are exported from
44.Nm :
45.Bl -tag -width "Fn password.read prompt_length" -offset indent
46.It Fn password.read prompt_length
47Read a password following a prompt.
48.Fa prompt_length
49is required so that the twiddle may be properly drawn as the user is typing.
50.It Fn password.check
51Drives the primary password checks done by the loader.
52The
53.Fn password.check
54function will check
55.Ev bootlock_password ,
56.Ev geom_eli_passphrase_prompt ,
57and
58.Ev password
59and prompt the user for passwords as-needed.
60If
61.Ev password
62is set, the autoboot sequence will begin as the user is prompted for a password.
63.El
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr screen.lua 8
66.Sh AUTHORS
67The
68.Nm
69file was originally written by
70.An Pedro Souza Aq Mt pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org .
71Later work and this manual page was done by
72.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
73