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+/* Reading Passwords
+   Copyright (C) 1991-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+   of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+ssize_t
+my_getpass (char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *stream)
+{
+  struct termios old, new;
+  int nread;
+
+  /* Turn echoing off and fail if we can't.  */
+  if (tcgetattr (fileno (stream), &old) != 0)
+    return -1;
+  new = old;
+  new.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;
+  if (tcsetattr (fileno (stream), TCSAFLUSH, &new) != 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  /* Read the password.  */
+  nread = getline (lineptr, n, stream);
+
+  /* Restore terminal.  */
+  (void) tcsetattr (fileno (stream), TCSAFLUSH, &old);
+
+  return nread;
+}