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<h1>eric7.DebugClients.Python.getpass</h1>

<p>
Module implementing utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.
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<p>
getpass(prompt) - prompt for a password, with echo turned off
getuser() - get the user name from the environment or password database
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<p>
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.
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<h3>Global Attributes</h3>

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<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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<h3>Classes</h3>

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<tr><td>None</td></tr>
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<h3>Functions</h3>

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<td><a href="#getpass">getpass</a></td>
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<td><a href="#getuser">getuser</a></td>
<td>Function to get the username from the environment or password database.</td>
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<h2>getpass</h2>
<b>getpass</b>(<i>prompt="Password: ", stream=None</i>)

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<h2>getuser</h2>
<b>getuser</b>(<i></i>)

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    Function to get the username from the environment or password database.
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    First try various environment variables, then the password
    database.  This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.
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<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
username
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<dt>Return Type:</dt>
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str
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