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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-06-29 10:56:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2014-08-18 17:01:49 -0500 |
| commit | af3253cac76eb1b42dcc8f6a0dd8090e83faefb3 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e5d4964ac5c007e1597364f51293f83de6a7e7f /man3/getpass.3 | |
| parent | 7e693a49ad42edb4001bb8286db66e38b1966363 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-af3253cac76eb1b42dcc8f6a0dd8090e83faefb3.tar.gz | |
getpass.3: Remove ancient Linux libc details
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getpass.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/getpass.3 | 42 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/man3/getpass.3 b/man3/getpass.3 index 89a8305308..58ff720687 100644 --- a/man3/getpass.3 +++ b/man3/getpass.3 @@ -102,28 +102,28 @@ function is not thread-safe. Present in SUSv2, but marked LEGACY. Removed in POSIX.1-2001. .SH NOTES -For libc4 and libc5, the prompt is not written to -.I /dev/tty -but to -.IR stderr . -Moreover, if -.I /dev/tty -cannot be opened, the password is read from -.IR stdin . -The static buffer has length 128 so that only the first 127 -bytes of the password are returned. -While reading the password, signal generation -.RB ( SIGINT , -.BR SIGQUIT , -.BR SIGSTOP , -.BR SIGTSTP ) -is disabled and the corresponding characters -(usually control-C, control-\e, control-Z and control-Y) -are transmitted as part of the password. -Since libc 5.4.19 also line editing is disabled, so that also -backspace and the like will be seen as part of the password. +.\" For libc4 and libc5, the prompt is not written to +.\" .I /dev/tty +.\" but to +.\" .IR stderr . +.\" Moreover, if +.\" .I /dev/tty +.\" cannot be opened, the password is read from +.\" .IR stdin . +.\" The static buffer has length 128 so that only the first 127 +.\" bytes of the password are returned. +.\" While reading the password, signal generation +.\" .RB ( SIGINT , +.\" .BR SIGQUIT , +.\" .BR SIGSTOP , +.\" .BR SIGTSTP ) +.\" is disabled and the corresponding characters +.\" (usually control-C, control-\e, control-Z and control-Y) +.\" are transmitted as part of the password. +.\" Since libc 5.4.19 also line editing is disabled, so that also +.\" backspace and the like will be seen as part of the password. .PP -For glibc2, if +In the GNU C library implementation, if .I /dev/tty cannot be opened, the prompt is written to .I stderr |