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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/getpass.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/getpass.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/man3/getpass.3 b/man3/getpass.3 index ab3ba57118..67183941a8 100644 --- a/man3/getpass.3 +++ b/man3/getpass.3 @@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ The function may fail if .TP .B ENXIO The process does not have a controlling terminal. +.SH FILES +.I /dev/tty +.\" .SH HISTORY +.\" 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 NOTES For libc4 and libc5, the prompt is not written to .I /dev/tty @@ -92,15 +101,6 @@ and _SC_PASS_MAX, and the function .BR getpass (). Libc4 and libc5 have never supported PASS_MAX or _SC_PASS_MAX. Glibc2 accepts _SC_PASS_MAX and returns BUFSIZ (e.g., 8192). -.SH FILES -.I /dev/tty -.\" .SH HISTORY -.\" 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. |