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+++ b/DebugClients/Python/getpass.py	Mon Dec 28 16:03:33 2009 +0000
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2004 - 2009 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.
+
+getpass(prompt) - prompt for a password, with echo turned off
+getuser() - get the user name from the environment or password database
+
+This module is a replacement for the one found in the Python distribution. It
+is to provide a debugger compatible variant of the a.m. functions.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+__all__ = ["getpass","getuser"]
+
+def getuser():
+    """
+    Function to get the username from the environment or password database.
+
+    First try various environment variables, then the password
+    database.  This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.
+    
+    @return username (string)
+    """
+    # this is copied from the oroginal getpass.py
+    
+    import os
+
+    for name in ('LOGNAME', 'USER', 'LNAME', 'USERNAME'):
+        user = os.environ.get(name)
+        if user:
+            return user
+
+    # If this fails, the exception will "explain" why
+    import pwd
+    return pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
+
+def getpass(prompt='Password: '):
+    """
+    Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off.
+    
+    @param prompt Prompt to be shown to the user (string)
+    @return Password entered by the user (string)
+    """
+    return raw_input(prompt, 0)
+    
+unix_getpass = getpass
+win_getpass = getpass
+default_getpass = getpass