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.
| __all__ |
| default_getpass |
| fallback_getpass |
| unix_getpass |
| win_getpass |
| None |
| getpass | Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off. |
| getuser | Function to get the username from the environment or password database. |
Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off.
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.