getpass(3) length

[David Rigel]

Hi,
looks like the man page for getpass(3) is not
accurate:
it says getpass stores the introduced password in a
static object of 128 chars length that the caller must
overwrite. However I've found that overwriting data
after the byte 124 generates a segfault. The file
attached shows this. Besides, it looks like getpass
actually supports longer strings (without crashing!!).

I'm really confused. Is it a man issue? Is it my
fault?

Thanks in advance,
   David Rigel

NOTE: I'm using Linux Mandrake 7.0





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getpass.c
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