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  r76000 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-10-31 14:26:08 -0700 (Sat, 31 Oct 2009) | 7 lines

  Fixes issue7208 - getpass would still allow the password to be echoed on
  Solaris due to not flushing the input buffer.

  This change also incorporates some additional getpass implementation
  suggestions for security based on an analysis of getpass.c linked to from the
  issue.
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diff --git a/Lib/getpass.py b/Lib/getpass.py
index 05e9b72..3ca7fb2 100644
--- a/Lib/getpass.py
+++ b/Lib/getpass.py
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@
         try:
             old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)     # a copy to save
             new = old[:]
-            new[3] &= ~termios.ECHO  # 3 == 'lflags'
+            new[3] &= ~(termios.ECHO|termios.ISIG)  # 3 == 'lflags'
+            tcsetattr_flags = termios.TCSAFLUSH
+            if hasattr(termios, 'TCSASOFT'):
+                tcsetattr_flags |= termios.TCSASOFT
             try:
-                termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, new)
+                termios.tcsetattr(fd, tcsetattr_flags, new)
                 passwd = _raw_input(prompt, stream, input=input)
             finally:
-                termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
+                termios.tcsetattr(fd, tcsetattr_flags, old)
+                stream.flush()  # issue7208
         except termios.error, e:
             if passwd is not None:
                 # _raw_input succeeded.  The final tcsetattr failed.  Reraise
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@
     if prompt:
         stream.write(prompt)
         stream.flush()
+    # NOTE: The Python C API calls flockfile() (and unlock) during readline.
     line = input.readline()
     if not line:
         raise EOFError