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44 .Fn getpass "const char *prompt"
48 function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from,
50 If this file is not accessible,
52 displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard
55 The password may be up to _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128)
58 characters and the terminating newline character are discarded.
61 turns off character echoing while reading the password.
64 returns a pointer to the null terminated password.
66 .Bl -tag -width /dev/tty -compact
79 function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns
80 a pointer to that object.
83 will modify the same object.
84 .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
85 The calling process should zero the password as soon as possible to
86 avoid leaving the cleartext password visible in the process's address