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.\" $NetBSD: getpass.3,v 1.13 2010/05/06 11:09:39 jruoho Exp $
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.\" @(#)getpass.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\"
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.Dd May 6, 2010
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.Dt GETPASS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getpass
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.Nd get a password
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In pwd.h
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.In unistd.h
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.Ft char *
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.Fn getpass "const char *prompt"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getpass
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function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from,
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.Pa /dev/tty .
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If this file is not accessible,
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.Fn getpass
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displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard
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input.
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.Pp
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The password may be up to _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128)
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characters in length.
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Any additional
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characters and the terminating newline character are discarded.
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.Pp
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.Fn getpass
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turns off character echoing while reading the password.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn getpass
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returns a pointer to the null terminated password.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty -compact
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.It Pa /dev/tty
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr crypt 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn getpass
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function appeared in
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.St -susv2 ,
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but it was already marked as legacy.
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The function was removed in the
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.St -p1003.1-2001
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standard.
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn getpass
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function appeared in
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.At v7 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fn getpass
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function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns
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a pointer to that object.
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Subsequent calls to
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.Fn getpass
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will modify the same object.
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.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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The calling process should zero the password as soon as possible to
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avoid leaving the cleartext password visible in the process's address
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space.
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