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Date:      Sun, 18 Nov 2001 07:42:51 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Lu!s Croker <lcroker@megared.net.mx>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: echo!
Message-ID:  <15351.47835.296410.592078@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <55329165@toto.iv>

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Lu!s Croker <lcroker@megared.net.mx> types:
>     Hi, 
> 
>     I'm trying to do a script with dialog command...  I want to ask for 
> passwords in this script. I would not like  show the password field in the 
> screen or maybe put something like "****" instead the real characters... 
> Any Ideas?  Thanks. 

1) Write a custom program that DTRT for it's input and then prints it
out, so you'd do:

	PASSWORD=`getpassword-with-stars`

2) Use stty to change the terminal state while getting the password.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
Q: How do you make the gods laugh?		A: Tell them your plans.

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