# 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.