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@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
@mindex getpass
@mindex 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.
@item
This function cannot be called from plain inline or extern inline functions
on some platforms:
Android 13.
@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), 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).
The gnulib implementation returns the password untruncated.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize
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