Bug 135447 - Can't use getpass() since it is obsolete
Summary: Can't use getpass() since it is obsolete
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: glibc
Version: 3.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jakub Jelinek
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Reported: 2004-10-12 19:08 UTC by Linda Lee
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-10-13 12:03:55 UTC
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Description Linda Lee 2004-10-12 19:08:24 UTC 
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Red Hat AS 3 FCS

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       char *getpass( const char * prompt );

DESCRIPTION
       This function is obsolete. Do not use it.

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From the man page,  getpass() is an obsolete function and can NOT be
used, what is its equivalent function available on RHAS3?  If there is
no equivalent, can we still use getpass()?
Comment 1 Jakub Jelinek 2004-10-13 12:03:55 UTC 
See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/getpass.html
This function was marked LEGACY since it provides no functionality which a user could not easily implement, and its name
is misleading.
It has been removed in XPG6.
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