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From: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: getpass(3) bug on 3.0 development (16/6000)
Message-ID: <10074@stb.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 88 04:43:28 GMT
Reply-To: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
Organization: STB BBS, La, Ca, USA, 90402, (213) 459-7231
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According to the man page, getpass() will read from /dev/tty, or if
that cannot be opened, stdin.

Instead, if /dev/tty cannot be opened, it simply returns. At least this
is the case if the process has a terminal but /dev/tty can't be opened

			Michael