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9 <h1>eric7.DebugClients.Python.getpass</h1>
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11 <p>
12 Module implementing utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.
13 </p>
14 <p>
15 getpass(prompt) - prompt for a password, with echo turned off
16 getuser() - get the user name from the environment or password database
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18 <p>
19 This module is a replacement for the one found in the Python distribution. It
20 is to provide a debugger compatible variant of the a.m. functions.
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22 <h3>Global Attributes</h3>
23
24 <table>
25 <tr><td>__all__</td></tr><tr><td>default_getpass</td></tr><tr><td>fallback_getpass</td></tr><tr><td>unix_getpass</td></tr><tr><td>win_getpass</td></tr>
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27 <h3>Classes</h3>
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29 <table>
30 <tr><td>None</td></tr>
31 </table>
32 <h3>Functions</h3>
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34 <table>
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36 <tr>
37 <td><a href="#getpass">getpass</a></td>
38 <td>Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off.</td>
39 </tr>
40 <tr>
41 <td><a href="#getuser">getuser</a></td>
42 <td>Function to get the username from the environment or password database.</td>
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47 <a NAME="getpass" ID="getpass"></a>
48 <h2>getpass</h2>
49 <b>getpass</b>(<i>prompt='Password: ', stream=None</i>)
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51 <p>
52 Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off.
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54 <dl>
55
56 <dt><i>prompt</i> (str)</dt>
57 <dd>
58 Prompt to be shown to the user
59 </dd>
60 <dt><i>stream</i> (file)</dt>
61 <dd>
62 input stream to read from (ignored)
63 </dd>
64 </dl>
65 <dl>
66 <dt>Return:</dt>
67 <dd>
68 Password entered by the user
69 </dd>
70 </dl>
71 <dl>
72 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
73 <dd>
74 str
75 </dd>
76 </dl>
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80 <a NAME="getuser" ID="getuser"></a>
81 <h2>getuser</h2>
82 <b>getuser</b>(<i></i>)
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84 <p>
85 Function to get the username from the environment or password database.
86 </p>
87 <p>
88 First try various environment variables, then the password
89 database. This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.
90 </p>
91 <dl>
92 <dt>Return:</dt>
93 <dd>
94 username
95 </dd>
96 </dl>
97 <dl>
98 <dt>Return Type:</dt>
99 <dd>
100 str
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