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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-04 12:39:17 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-04 12:39:17 +0000
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Updated CONFOMRING TOs and/or standards references.
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@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ Glibc2 accepts _SC_PASS_MAX and returns BUFSIZ (e.g., 8192).
A
.BR getpass ()
function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
+.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+Present in SUSv2, but marked LEGACY.
+Removed in POSIX.1-2001.
.SH BUGS
The calling process should zero the password as soon as possible to avoid
leaving the cleartext password visible in the process's address space.