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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-03-10 13:04:00 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-03-12 10:31:09 +0100 |
| commit | 63bed6ae25caa3e447b7d13502014e8a13bde834 (patch) | |
| tree | 4df435c92b0d2bf7a2116f1a1282f87a332789b9 /man3/getpass.3 | |
| parent | 29a68c5ba3e0e3430cdc16cd7d79c98fd58aa48a (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-63bed6ae25caa3e447b7d13502014e8a13bde834.tar.gz | |
getpass.3: Suggest use of the ECHO flag as an alternative
See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644261
Reported-by: Erik Saule <erik.saule@bmi.osu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getpass.3')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man3/getpass.3 b/man3/getpass.3 index 2c28d7f2ab..1cd5f05b36 100644 --- a/man3/getpass.3 +++ b/man3/getpass.3 @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Before glibc 2.2.2: none .SH DESCRIPTION This function is obsolete. Do not use it. +If you want to read input without terminal echoing enabled, +see the description of the +.I ECHO +flag in +.BR termios (3). .PP The .BR getpass () |