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29.Dd August 19, 2018
30.Dt PASSWORD.LUA 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm password.lua
34.Nd FreeBSD password module
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36.Nm
37contains functionality for prompting for and checking passwords.
38.Pp
39Before using the functionality provided by
40.Nm ,
41it must be included with a statement such as the following:
42.Pp
43.Dl local password = require("password")
44.Pp
45The following functions are exported from
46.Nm :
47.Bl -tag -width "Fn password.read prompt_length" -offset indent
48.It Fn password.read prompt_length
49Read a password following a prompt.
50.Fa prompt_length
51is required so that the twiddle may be properly drawn as the user is typing.
52.It Fn password.check
53Drives the primary password checks done by the loader.
54The
55.Fn password.check
56function will check
57.Ev bootlock_password ,
58.Ev geom_eli_passphrase_prompt ,
59and
60.Ev password
61and prompt the user for passwords as-needed.
62If
63.Ev password
64is set, the autoboot sequence will begin as the user is prompted for a password.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr screen.lua 8
68.Sh AUTHORS
69The
70.Nm
71file was originally written by
72.An Pedro Souza Aq Mt pedrosouza@FreeBSD.org .
73Later work and this manual page was done by
74.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
75