xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 (revision 2301fdfb)
@(#)getpass.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/15/85

GETPASS 3 ""
.AT 3
NAME
getpass - read a password
SYNOPSIS
 char *getpass(prompt)  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 8 characters.
FILES
/dev/tty
"SEE ALSO"
crypt(3)
BUGS
The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by each call.