119 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
119 lines
3.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: readpassphrase.3,v 1.1.1.1 2001/09/27 02:01:02 itojun Exp $
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.\" $OpenBSD: readpassphrase.3,v 1.3 2001/08/06 10:42:25 mpech Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
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.Dd November 20, 2000
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.Dt READPASSPHRASE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm readpassphrase
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.Nd get a passphrase from the user
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <readpassphrase.h>
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.Ft char *
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.Fn readpassphrase "const char *prompt" "char *buf" "size_t bufsiz" "int flags"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn readpassphrase
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function displays a prompt to, and reads in a passphrase from,
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.Pa /dev/tty .
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If this file is inaccessible
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and the
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.Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY
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flag is not set,
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.Fn readpassphrase
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displays the prompt on the standard error output and reads from the standard
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input.
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In this case it is generally not possible to turn off echo.
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.Pp
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Up to
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.Fa bufsiz
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- 1 characters (one is for the NUL) are read into the provided buffer
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.Fa buf .
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Any additional
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characters and the terminating newline (or return) character are discarded.
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.Pp
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.Fn readpassphrase
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takes the following optional
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.Fa flags :
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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RPP_ECHO_OFF turn off echo (default behavior)
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RPP_ECHO_ON leave echo on
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RPP_REQUIRE_TTY fail if there is no tty
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RPP_FORCELOWER force input to lower case
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RPP_FORCEUPPER force input to upper case
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RPP_SEVENBIT strip the high bit from input
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The calling process should zero the passphrase as soon as possible to
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avoid leaving the cleartext passphrase visible in the process's address
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space.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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On success,
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.Fn readpassphrase
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returns a pointer to the null-terminated passphrase.
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If the
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.Dv RPP_REQUIRE_TTY
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flag is set and
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.Pa /dev/tty
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is inaccessible,
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.Fn readpassphrase
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returns a null pointer.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following code fragment will read a passphrase from
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.Pa /dev/tty
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into the buffer
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.Fa passbuf.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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char passbuf[1024];
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\&...
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if (readpassphrase("Response: ", passbuf, sizeof(passbuf),
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RPP_REQUIRE_TTY) == NULL)
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errx(1, "unable to read passphrase");
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if (compare(transform(passbuf), epass) != 0)
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errx(1, "bad passphrase");
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\&...
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memset(passbuf, 0, sizeof(passbuf));
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.Ed
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty -compact
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.It Pa /dev/tty
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getpass 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn readpassphrase
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function first appeared in
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.Ox 2.9 .
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