FreeTDS Development Group

[Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 AT tin.it>]

Trying to compile and check FreeTDS on a HP/UP 10.20 machine I had some
problem
1- tds_get_homedir do not work because getpwuid_r interface is very
weird (fixed in CVS)
2- getpass() is limited to 8 characters (strange but is a documented
behavior). Also this function is obsolete in many systems (like unix).
3- dynamic input params not works (fixed in CVS)
4- %l in strftime do not work (I replaced it with %I, most portable)

On point 2:
What's the best method to replace this functions?

I founded this code on internet:

#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;
}

Is good? Is portable?

freddy77