1GETPASS(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 GETPASS(3)
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NAME

6       getpass - read a password
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SYNOPSIS

9       char *getpass(prompt)
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DESCRIPTION

13       Getpass  reads  a password from the file /dev/tty, or if that cannot be
14       opened, from the standard input, after prompting with  the  null-termi‐
15       nated  string prompt and disabling echoing.  A pointer is returned to a
16       null-terminated string of at most 8 characters.
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FILES

19       /dev/tty
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SEE ALSO

22       crypt(3)
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BUGS

25       The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten  by
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307th Edition                      May 15, 1985                       GETPASS(3)
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