NAME

getpass − read a password

USAGE

char *getpass(prompt) char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION

Getpass prompts for a password with the null-terminated string prompt, then disables echoing of input characters. On DOMAIN Systems, getpass reads a password from an input pad (the local equivalent of /dev/tty) or, if the standard input is an SIO line, from /dev/sio?.  If neither of these files can be read, getpass reads a password from the standard input. 

Getpass returns a pointer to a null-terminated string of at most eight characters. 

NOTES

The return value points to static data that is overwritten by each call.