GETPASS(3)                                                          GETPASS(3)



NAME
       getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
       char *getpass(prompt)
       char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
       _G_e_t_p_a_s_s  reads  a password from the file _/_d_e_v_/_t_t_y, or if that cannot be
       opened, from the standard input, after prompting with  the  null-termi‐
       nated  string _p_r_o_m_p_t 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.



7th Edition                      May 15, 1985                       GETPASS(3)