1 >>>help(getpass)2 Help on module getpass:3
4 NAME5 getpass - Utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.6
7 FILE8 /usr/lib64/python2.7/getpass.py9
10 DESCRIPTION11 getpass(prompt[, stream]) - Prompt fora password, with echo turned off.12 getuser() - Get the user name fromthe environment or password database.13
14 GetPassWarning - This UserWarning isissued when getpass() cannot prevent15 echoing of the password contents whilereading.16
17 On Windows, the msvcrt module will be used.18 On the Mac EasyDialogs.AskPassword is used, ifavailable.19
20 CLASSES21 exceptions.UserWarning(exceptions.Warning)22 GetPassWarning23
24 classGetPassWarning(exceptions.UserWarning)25 |Method resolution order:26 |GetPassWarning27 |exceptions.UserWarning28 |exceptions.Warning29 |exceptions.Exception30 |exceptions.BaseException31 | __builtin__.object
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91 FUNCTIONS92 getpass = unix_getpass(prompt='Password:', stream=None)93 Prompt fora password, with echo turned off.94
95 Args:96 prompt: Written on stream to ask for the input. Default: 'Password:'
97 stream: A writable file objectto display the prompt. Defaults to98 the tty. If no tty isavailable defaults to sys.stderr.99 Returns:100 The seKr3t input.101 Raises:102 EOFError: If our input tty or stdin was closed.103 GetPassWarning: When we were unable to turn echo off on the input.104
105 Always restores terminal settings before returning.106
107 getuser()108 Get the username fromthe environment or password database.109
110 First tryvarious environment variables, then the password111 database. This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.