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6.13 <tt class="module">getpass</tt>
-- Portable password input</A>
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The <tt class="module">getpass</tt> module provides two functions:
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Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is
prompted using the string <var>prompt</var>, which defaults to
<code>'Password: '</code>.
Availability: Macintosh, <font style="font-variant: small-caps;">Unix</font>, Windows.
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Return the ``login name'' of the user.
Availability: <font style="font-variant: small-caps;">Unix</font>, Windows.
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This function checks the environment variables <a class="envvar" id='l2h-1806'>LOGNAME</a>,
<a class="envvar" id='l2h-1807'>USER</a>, <a class="envvar" id='l2h-1808'>LNAME</a> and <a class="envvar" id='l2h-1809'>USERNAME</a>, in order, and
returns the value of the first one which is set to a non-empty
string. If none are set, the login name from the password database
is returned on systems which support the <tt class="module"><a href="module-pwd.html">pwd</a></tt> module,
otherwise, an exception is raised.
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