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