Programming

char* my_getpass(const char* str) {
    struct termios oflags, nflags;
    static char passwd[64];

    /* disabling echo */
    tcgetattr(fileno(stdin), &oflags);
    nflags = oflags;
    nflags.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
    nflags.c_lflag |= ECHONL;
    tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSANOW, &nflags);
    printf(str);
    fgets(passwd, sizeof(passwd), stdin);
    passwd[strlen(passwd) - 1] = '\0';

    /* restore terminal */
    tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSANOW, &oflags);
    return passwd;
}

int main() {
    char name[8], *pwd;
    printf("Login as: ");
    fgets(name, sizeof(name), stdin);
    pwd = my_getpass("Password: ");
    if (strcmp(pwd, "george"))
        fprintf(stderr, "\nPassword incorrect\n");
    else {
        puts("\nCorrect Password");
        FILE* fp = fopen("./passwd.txt", "w");
        fprintf(fp, "user: (%s), password: (%s) \n", name, pwd);
        fclose(fp);
    }
}

$ more passwd.txt 
user: (dude
), password: (george)

user: (dude), password: (george)

    fgets(passwd, sizeof(passwd), stdin);
    passwd[strlen(passwd) - 1] = '\0';

    fgets(passwd, sizeof(passwd), stdin);
    passwd[strlen(passwd) - 2] = '\0';

    printf("Login as: ");
    fgets(name, sizeof(name), stdin);
    name[strlen(name) - 1] = '\0'; // newly added line for the bug

void chomp(char *str)
{
  int len=strlen(str);

  if(len>0)
  while((len>0) && isspace(str[len-1]))
    str[--len]='\0';
}

fgets(buf, size, stdin);
chomp(buf);