Fixes (accepts patch) issue1339 - http://bugs.python.org/issue1339
[python.git] / Lib / getpass.py
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1 """Utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.
3 getpass(prompt) - prompt for a password, with echo turned off
4 getuser() - get the user name from the environment or password database
6 On Windows, the msvcrt module will be used.
7 On the Mac EasyDialogs.AskPassword is used, if available.
9 """
11 # Authors: Piers Lauder (original)
12 # Guido van Rossum (Windows support and cleanup)
14 import sys
16 __all__ = ["getpass","getuser"]
18 def unix_getpass(prompt='Password: ', stream=None):
19 """Prompt for a password, with echo turned off.
20 The prompt is written on stream, by default stdout.
22 Restore terminal settings at end.
23 """
24 if stream is None:
25 stream = sys.stdout
27 try:
28 fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
29 except:
30 return default_getpass(prompt)
32 old = termios.tcgetattr(fd) # a copy to save
33 new = old[:]
35 new[3] = new[3] & ~termios.ECHO # 3 == 'lflags'
36 try:
37 termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, new)
38 passwd = _raw_input(prompt, stream)
39 finally:
40 termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
42 stream.write('\n')
43 return passwd
46 def win_getpass(prompt='Password: ', stream=None):
47 """Prompt for password with echo off, using Windows getch()."""
48 if sys.stdin is not sys.__stdin__:
49 return default_getpass(prompt, stream)
50 import msvcrt
51 for c in prompt:
52 msvcrt.putch(c)
53 pw = ""
54 while 1:
55 c = msvcrt.getch()
56 if c == '\r' or c == '\n':
57 break
58 if c == '\003':
59 raise KeyboardInterrupt
60 if c == '\b':
61 pw = pw[:-1]
62 else:
63 pw = pw + c
64 msvcrt.putch('\r')
65 msvcrt.putch('\n')
66 return pw
69 def default_getpass(prompt='Password: ', stream=None):
70 print >>sys.stderr, "Warning: Problem with getpass. Passwords may be echoed."
71 return _raw_input(prompt, stream)
74 def _raw_input(prompt="", stream=None):
75 # A raw_input() replacement that doesn't save the string in the
76 # GNU readline history.
77 if stream is None:
78 stream = sys.stdout
79 prompt = str(prompt)
80 if prompt:
81 stream.write(prompt)
82 line = sys.stdin.readline()
83 if not line:
84 raise EOFError
85 if line[-1] == '\n':
86 line = line[:-1]
87 return line
90 def getuser():
91 """Get the username from the environment or password database.
93 First try various environment variables, then the password
94 database. This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.
96 """
98 import os
100 for name in ('LOGNAME', 'USER', 'LNAME', 'USERNAME'):
101 user = os.environ.get(name)
102 if user:
103 return user
105 # If this fails, the exception will "explain" why
106 import pwd
107 return pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
109 # Bind the name getpass to the appropriate function
110 try:
111 import termios
112 # it's possible there is an incompatible termios from the
113 # McMillan Installer, make sure we have a UNIX-compatible termios
114 termios.tcgetattr, termios.tcsetattr
115 except (ImportError, AttributeError):
116 try:
117 import msvcrt
118 except ImportError:
119 try:
120 from EasyDialogs import AskPassword
121 except ImportError:
122 getpass = default_getpass
123 else:
124 getpass = AskPassword
125 else:
126 getpass = win_getpass
127 else:
128 getpass = unix_getpass