| @node getpass |
| @subsection @code{getpass} |
| @findex getpass |
| |
| Documentation: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| @ifinfo |
| @ref{getpass,,Reading Passphrases,libc}, |
| @end ifinfo |
| @ifnotinfo |
| @url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/getpass.html}, |
| @end ifnotinfo |
| @item |
| @uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/getpass.3.html,,man getpass}. |
| @end itemize |
| |
| Gnulib module: getpass or getpass-gnu |
| |
| Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getpass} or @code{getpass-gnu}: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| This function is missing on some platforms: |
| mingw, MSVC 14, Android 9.0. |
| @end itemize |
| |
| Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getpass-gnu}: |
| @itemize |
| @item |
| The returned password is truncated to PASS_MAX characters on some platforms: |
| uClibc (256), musl (128), Mac OS X 10.5 (128), FreeBSD 6.2 (128), NetBSD 3.0 (128), OpenBSD 4.0 (128), AIX 5.1 (32), HP-UX 11 (8), IRIX 6.5 (32), Solaris 11 2010-11 (8, even less than PASS_MAX), Cygwin (128). |
| The gnulib implementation returns the password untruncated. |
| @end itemize |
| |
| Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: |
| @itemize |
| @end itemize |
