Add a comment about using getpassphrase() or readpassphrase() rather

[rsync/rsync.git] / authenticate.c

diff --git a/authenticate.c b/authenticate.c
index 7d44da6..7da25d4 100644 (file)
--- a/authenticate.c
+++ b/authenticate.c
@@ -273,8 +273,14 @@ void auth_client(int fd, char *user, char *challenge)
 
        if (!(pass=getpassf(password_file)) && !(pass=getenv("RSYNC_PASSWORD"))) {
                /* XXX: cyeoh says that getpass is deprecated, because
-                  it may return a truncated password on some systems,
-                  and it is not in the LSB. */
+                * it may return a truncated password on some systems,
+                * and it is not in the LSB.
+                 *
+                 * Andrew Klein says that getpassphrase() is present
+                 * on Solaris and reads up to 256 characters.
+                 *
+                 * OpenBSD has a readpassphrase() that might be more suitable.
+                 */
                pass = getpass("Password: ");
        }