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If this file is inaccessible and the .Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY flag is not set, .Fn readpassphrase displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard input. In this case it is generally not possible to turn off echo. .Pp Up to .Fa bufsiz \- 1 characters (one is for the .Dv NUL ) are read into the provided buffer .Fa buf . Any additional characters and the terminating newline (or return) character are discarded. .Pp The .Fn readpassphrase function takes the following optional .Fa flags : .Pp .Bl -tag -width ".Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY" -compact .It Dv RPP_ECHO_OFF turn off echo (default behavior) .It Dv RPP_ECHO_ON leave echo on .It Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY fail if there is no tty .It Dv RPP_FORCELOWER force input to lower case .It Dv RPP_FORCEUPPER force input to upper case .It Dv RPP_SEVENBIT strip the high bit from input .El .Pp The calling process should zero the passphrase as soon as possible to avoid leaving the cleartext passphrase visible in the process's address space. .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, .Fn readpassphrase returns a pointer to the null-terminated passphrase. If an error is encountered, the terminal state is restored and a .Dv NULL pointer is returned. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/tty" -compact .It Pa /dev/tty .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following code fragment will read a passphrase from .Pa /dev/tty into the buffer .Fa passbuf . .Bd -literal -offset indent char passbuf[1024]; \&... if (readpassphrase("Response: ", passbuf, sizeof(passbuf), RPP_REQUIRE_TTY) == NULL) errx(1, "unable to read passphrase"); if (compare(transform(passbuf), epass) != 0) errx(1, "bad passphrase"); \&... memset(passbuf, 0, sizeof(passbuf)); .Ed .Sh ERRORS .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINTR The .Fn readpassphrase function was interrupted by a signal. .It Bq Er EINVAL The .Fa bufsiz argument was zero. .It Bq Er EIO The process is a member of a background process attempting to read from its controlling terminal, the process is ignoring or blocking the .Dv SIGTTIN signal or the process group is orphaned. .It Bq Er EMFILE The process has already reached its limit for open file descriptors. .It Bq Er ENFILE The system file table is full. .It Bq Er ENOTTY There is no controlling terminal and the .Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY flag was specified. .El .Sh SIGNALS The .Fn readpassphrase function will catch the following signals: .Pp .Bl -tag -compact .It Dv SIGINT .It Dv SIGHUP .It Dv SIGQUIT .It Dv SIGTERM .It Dv SIGTSTP .It Dv SIGTTIN .It Dv SIGTTOU .El .Pp When one of the above signals is intercepted, terminal echo will be restored if it had previously been turned off. If a signal handler was installed for the signal when .Fn readpassphrase was called that handler is then executed. If no handler was previously installed for the signal then the default action is taken as per .Xr sigaction 2 . .Pp The .Dv SIGTSTP , SIGTTIN , and .Dv SIGTTOU signals (stop signal generated from keyboard or due to terminal I/O from a background process) are treated specially. When the process is resumed after it has been stopped, .Fn readpassphrase will reprint the prompt and the user may then enter a passphrase. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sigaction 2 , .Xr getpass 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn readpassphrase function is an extension and should not be used if portability is desired. .Sh HISTORY The .Fn readpassphrase function first appeared in .Ox 2.9 .