60 lines
816 B
Groff
60 lines
816 B
Groff
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GETPASS(3) Minix Programmer's Manual GETPASS(3)
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NAME
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getpass - read a password
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SYNOPSIS
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#include <minix/minlib.h>
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char *getpass(const char *prompt)
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DESCRIPTION
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Getpass reads a password from the file /dev/tty, or if that cannot be
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opened, from the standard input, after prompting with the null-terminated
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string prompt and disabling echoing. A pointer is returned to a null-
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terminated string of at most 32 characters, excluding the null.
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SEE ALSO
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crypt(3).
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BUGS
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The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by
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each call.
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May 15, 1985 1
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