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+.\"     @(#)getpass.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt GETPASS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getpass
+.Nd get a password
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <pwd.h>
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft char *
+.Fn getpass "const char *prompt"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getpass
+function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from,
+.Pa /dev/tty .
+If this file is not accessible,
+.Nm getpass
+displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard
+input.
+.Pp
+The password may be up to _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128)
+characters in length.
+Any additional
+characters and the terminating newline character are discarded.
+.Pp
+.Nm Getpass
+turns off character echoing while reading the password.
+.Pp
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Nm Getpass
+returns a pointer to the null terminated password.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty - compact
+.It Pa /dev/tty
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr crypt 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm getpass
+function appeared in
+.At v7 .
+.Sh BUGS
+The
+.Nm getpass
+function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns
+a pointer to that object.
+Subsequent calls to
+.Nm getpass
+will modify the same object.
+.Pp
+The calling process should zero the password as soon as possible to
+avoid leaving the cleartext password visible in the process's address
+space.