/dev/tty
getpass3
Get a password
Usage
#include <pwd.h>
#include <unistd.h>
char *
getpass(const char *prompt);
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Overview
The getpass() function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from, /dev/tty. If this file is not accessible, getpass() displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard input.
The password may be up to _PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128) characters in length. Any additional characters and the terminating newline character are discarded.
The getpass() function turns off character echoing while reading the password.
Return values
The getpass() function returns a pointer to the null terminated password.
Files
Releases
163 releases since Mac OS X 10.0; the text changed 3 times.