-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ð thus on Fri, 09 Feb 1996 18:13:13 -0500, Naved virtually scripted... Naved> In message <Pine.SOL.3.91.960209162200.5893A-100000@plains> you Naved> said: >> getpass(3): #include <pwd.h> char *getpass(const char *prompt); Naved> Almost. From the man page for getpass: Naved> "The getpass function displays a prompt to, and reads in a password Naved> from, /dev/tty." Naved> Not very useful on a network application like a MUD. check the echo_* functions in comm.c. this will send the telnet op codes to turn off echo'ing. some client like tt and tf use the regexp "assword:" as a trigger to turn off keyboard echoing until a return is pressed. d. - -- Automagically: adv. Automatically, but in a way which, for some reason (typically because it is too complicated, or too ugly, or perhaps even too trivial), I don't feel like explaining to you. ~ from the jargon file -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Mailcrypt 3.4 for PGP 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMRvhuoX26urqpgG1AQEYBgP/Si15kU0PnA4sflt3r/0RfX5nC/rNm4E9 /2kKkQCbAolt4jw4w1/LC2y19rgKOBgPoAEgJSj0d1XcV2fm0E1kIX6iH2QSX/1/ 1qwmt12/NBs2HDwN3FFfhtpNTExnfRJYPg7XoD8ysa7mG3rrBPmHm512ETIUdxCw 0X5sRi4ghJ0= =VGv8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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