Make AuthRequestor indicate the returned credential type#496
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This extends AuthRequestor.RequestUserCredential to indicate the type of the returned credential. Whilst the existing systemd and plymouth implementations of AuthRequestor will always return the requested credential types (as we don't know what the user intended to enter), a future boot UI may provide a way for the user to decide whether to enter a passphrase, PIN or recovery key and for this to be communicated back to us. Whilst this isn't particularly useful right now, I wanted to add the logic to ActivateContext because it will affects the logic of a follow-up PR for sending error messages to Plymouth. Fixes: FR-12439
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This extends
AuthRequestor.RequestUserCredentialto indicate the type ofthe returned credential. Whilst the existing systemd and plymouth
implementations of
AuthRequestorwill always return the requestedcredential types (as we don't know what the user intended to enter), a
future boot UI may provide a way for the user to decide whether to enter
a passphrase, PIN or recovery key and for this to be communicated back
to us.
Whilst this isn't particularly useful right now, I wanted to add the
logic to
ActivateContextbecause it will affects the logic of a follow-upPR for sending error messages to Plymouth.
Fixes: FR-12439