1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/getpass.c b/src/getpass.c
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index 0000000000..6ce6dde4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/getpass.c
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+#include <config.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+# include <termios.h>
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#define OUT_STREAM stdout
+
+const char *read_pass(char *msg)
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	struct termios old, new;
+#endif
+	static char input[128];
+	char *p;
+
+	fputs(msg, stderr);
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	/* Turn echoing off and fail if we can't. */
+	if (tcgetattr(fileno(OUT_STREAM), &old) != 0) {
+		perror("tcgetattr");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	new = old;
+	new.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
+	if (tcsetattr(fileno(OUT_STREAM), TCSAFLUSH, &new) != 0) {
+		perror("tcsetattr");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/* Read the password. */
+	p = fgets(input, sizeof(input), stdin);
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+	/* Restore terminal. */
+	(void) tcsetattr(fileno(OUT_STREAM), TCSAFLUSH, &old);
+#endif
+
+	if (p == NULL || strlen(p) == 0 || p[0] == '\n')
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* overwrite the newline */
+	input[strlen(p) - 1] = 0;
+
+	return p;
+}