From: Ville Lundberg <vlundber AT cc DOT hut DOT fi>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Segmentation fault in UNIX
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:37:41 +0300
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Why does this simple piece of code cause a "Segmentation fault" in UNIX,
while it works just fine in DOS? The error occurs when the code hits the
getpass() function.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void main(void) {
char *lin, *pin;

do {
  printf("Enter name and password:\n");
  printf("Name:");
  gets(lin);
} while(strcmp(lin, "")==NULL);

pin = getpass("Password:");
 
// And here's nothing more than opening a file and couple printf:s

}



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