MIT Kerberos Documentation

krb5_prompter_posix - Prompt user for password.

krb5_error_code krb5_prompter_posix(krb5_context context, void * data, const char * name, const char * banner, int num_prompts, krb5_prompt prompts)
param:

[in] context - Library context

data - Unused (callback argument)

[in] name - Name to output during prompt

[in] banner - Banner to output during prompt

[in] num_prompts - Number of prompts in prompts

[inout] prompts - Array of output prompts and replies

retval:
  • 0 Success
return:
  • Kerberos error codes

This function is intended to be used as a prompter callback for krb5_get_init_creds_password() or krb5_init_creds_init() .

Writes name and banner to stdout, each followed by a newline, then writes each prompt field in the prompts array, followed by”:”, and sets the reply field of the entry to a line of input read from stdin. If the hidden flag is set for a prompt, then terminal echoing is turned off when input is read.