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44 lines
1.2 KiB
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@node getpass
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@subsection @code{getpass}
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@findex getpass
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Documentation:
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@itemize
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@item
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@ifinfo
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@ref{getpass,,Reading Passphrases,libc},
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@end ifinfo
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@ifnotinfo
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@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/getpass.html},
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@end ifnotinfo
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@item
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@uref{https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man3/getpass.3.html,,man getpass}.
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@end itemize
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Gnulib module: getpass or getpass-gnu
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@mindex getpass
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@mindex getpass-gnu
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Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{getpass} or @code{getpass-gnu}:
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@itemize
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@item
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This function is missing on some platforms:
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mingw, MSVC 14, Android 9.0.
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@item
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This function cannot be called from plain inline or extern inline functions
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on some platforms:
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Android 13.
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@end itemize
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Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getpass-gnu}:
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@itemize
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@item
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The returned password is truncated to PASS_MAX characters on some platforms:
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uClibc (256), musl (128), macOS 14 (128), FreeBSD 14.0 (128), NetBSD 3.0 (128), OpenBSD 4.0 (128), AIX 5.1 (32), HP-UX 11 (8), Solaris 11 2010-11 (8, even less than PASS_MAX), Cygwin (128).
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The gnulib implementation returns the password untruncated.
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@end itemize
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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@itemize
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@end itemize
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