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GETPASS(3)							    GETPASS(3)

NAME
       getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
       char *getpass(prompt)
       char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
       Getpass	reads  a password from the file /dev/tty, or if that cannot be
       opened, from  the  standard  input,  after  prompting  with  the	 null-
       terminated  string prompt 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)

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