# getpass(3)

    NAME
         getpass - read a password

    SYNOPSIS
         #include <minix/minlib.h>

         char *getpass(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 32 characters, excluding the null.

    SEE ALSO
         crypt(3).

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