Hide Password

whatisthis · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005

Hi,
I am trying to write a shell script to call ftp program to send files to windows shared drive.
I don't want my user to directly deal with ftp program, so I use shell as an interface to allow them to give userID and password.
Is there anyway that I can hide the password when user input within shell program just like when we log into Unix?

Any help would be appreiciated!

Perderabo · #2 (**permalink**) 10-26-2005

#! /usr/bin/ksh

print -n "Enter password - "
stty -echo
read PASSWORD
stty echo
print

Then just use $PASSWORD where you need it.

sysera · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perderabo

#! /usr/bin/ksh

print -n "Enter password - "
stty -echo
read PASSWORD
stty echo
print

Then just use $PASSWORD where you need it.

Another option depending on the shell is:
echo "Enter password"
read -s PASSWORD

whatisthis · #4 (**permalink**) 10-27-2005

Thanks for all the help!!

vikrant poman · #5 (**permalink**) 07-21-2008

You can type
echo Please enter the password
stty -echo
read $passwd
stty echo

also you can put *** instead of password on console

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