Python: Essential Reference, Third Edition

getpass

The getpass module provides support for reading passwords and usernames.

getpass([prompt])

Prompts the user with the given prompt for a password without echoing keyboard input. The default prompt is 'Password:'. Returns the entered password as a string.

getuser()

Returns the login name of the user by first checking the environment variables $LOGNAME, $USER, $LNAME, and $USERNAME and then checking the system password database. Raises a KeyError exception if no name can be found (UNIX and Windows).

Notes

• An example of getpass is shown in the documentation for the crypt module.

• On UNIX, the getpass module depends on the termios module, which is disabled by default on some systems. On Windows, getpass uses the msvcrt module.

See Also

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