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| author |   tedu <tedu@openbsd.org> | 2016-09-03 10:58:04 +0000 |
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| committer | tedu <tedu@openbsd.org> | 2016-09-03 10:58:04 +0000 |
| commit | 59217b44bec7fac5a34a70d64182b297da2d39dd (patch) | |
| tree | a790507ce0e75ee2504d3e10b9023675e7a25041 /lib/libc | |
| parent | Enable a stripped down version of doas(1) on the install media. (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-59217b44bec7fac5a34a70d64182b297da2d39dd.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-59217b44bec7fac5a34a70d64182b297da2d39dd.zip | |
note that getpass is obsolete. removed from posix in 2001.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 index e4796be3d14..972ce24874e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpass.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getpass.3,v 1.16 2016/09/01 09:46:32 natano Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: getpass.3,v 1.17 2016/09/03 10:58:04 tedu Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 1 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2016 $ .Dt GETPASS 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ .Ft char * .Fn getpass "const char *prompt" .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This funtion is obsolete. Consider using +.Xr readpassphrase 3 . +.Ef +.Pp The .Fn getpass function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password from, @@ -108,12 +113,14 @@ This contradicts but the .Ox implementation is conformant in all other respects. +Removed from +.St -p1003.1-2001 . .Sh HISTORY A .Fn getpass function appeared in .At v7 . -.Sh BUGS +.Sh CAVEATS The .Fn getpass function leaves its result in an internal static object and returns |