NAME
getpass - read a password

SYNOPSIS
char *getpass(prompt)
const char *prompt;

DESCRIPTION
Getpass reads a password from the file /dev/tty, or if that cannot
be opened, from the standard input, after prompting with the null-
terminated string prompt and disabling echoing. A pointer is
returned to a null-terminated string of at most 8 characters.

FILES
/dev/tty

SEE ALSO
crypt(3)

BUGS
The return value points to static data whose content is overwritten
by each call.