getpass(3) — sys5 — Apollo Domain/IX SR9.5



GETPASS(3)               DOMAIN/IX SYS5                GETPASS(3)



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 stan-
     dard 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.






























Printed 12/4/86                                         GETPASS-1
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