# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# 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 [in] prompts - Array of 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.