From 908f5a9f9fe6d587e7b97e449a835ee51a85e8d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pool Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:46:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a comment about using getpassphrase() or readpassphrase() rather than getpass(). No code change. --- authenticate.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/authenticate.c b/authenticate.c index 7d44da6e..7da25d41 100644 --- 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: "); } -- 2.34.1