GETPASS(3)                           BSD                            GETPASS(3)



NAME
     getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
     char *getpass(prompt)
     char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
     getpass displays the null terminated string prompt, disables echoing, and
     then reads a password from the file /dev/tty or, if that cannot be
     opened, from the standard input.  It returns a pointer to a null
     terminated string of at most eight characters.

FILES
     /dev/tty

SEE ALSO
     crypt(3)

NOTES
     The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten by
     each call.