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The getpass module provides two functions:
| getpass( |
[prompt[, stream]]) |
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Prompt the user for a password without echoing. The user is
prompted using the string prompt, which defaults to
'Password: '. On Unix, the prompt is written to the
file-like object stream, which defaults to
sys.stdout (this argument is ignored on Windows).
Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
Changed in version 2.5:
The stream parameter was added.
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Return the ``login name'' of the user.
Availability: Unix, Windows.
This function checks the environment variables LOGNAME,
USER, LNAME and USERNAME, 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 pwd module,
otherwise, an exception is raised.
Release 2.5.2, documentation updated on 21th February, 2008.
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