GETPASS(3)              GENIX Programmer's Manual              GETPASS(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.

































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