minix man page for getpass

GETPASS(3)						     Library Functions Manual							GETPASS(3)

NAME
       getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
       #include <minix/minlib.h>

       char *getpass(const 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-termi-
       nated string prompt and disabling echoing.  A pointer is returned to a null-terminated string of at most 32 characters, excluding the null.

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)