1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, I was wondering, how can I echo password using a character such as '*' in unix? In my machine, password is not echoed, so it is only blank space when I enter any password. So, when I enter a command such as "lock", how can I set the echo character to "*" or something else for... (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, First of all i am using solaris 10. I want to write a script that ask user to enter password and read the character input from keyboard. The ask to re-enter the password and then if they are match it will accept. But my problem is I want to echo a '*' character instead of the character I... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Friends. I am new to scripting now i want to change the root password using the script with standard password. which is the easy scripting to learn for the beginner, Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

So in my shell i execute: { while true; do echo string; sleep 1; done } | read line This waits one second and returns. But { while true; do /bin/echo string; sleep 1; done } | read line continues to run, and doesn't stop until i kill it explicitly. I have tried this in bash as well as zsh,... (2 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Bit of a weird one i suppose, i want to use an echo inside an echo... For example... i have a script that i want to use to take users input and create another script. Inside this script it creates it also needs to use echos... echo "echo "hello"" >$file echo "echo "goodbye"" >$file ... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

echo `echo ` doesn't echoes anything. And it's logic. But echo `echo `echo ` ` does echoes "echo". What's the logic of it? the `echo `echo ` inside of the whole (first) echo, echoes nothing, so the first echo have to echo nothing but echoes "echo" (too much echoing :P):o (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Normally, When we login a remote server, the password does'nt echo as anything. But When I use PieTTY(on windows) to login a linux ssh server, the password echoes as "*". But When I have logged in, I use the ssh command to login the same server locally again, now the password does'nt echo. I... (7 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi We send *.csv with sensitive data to our customers. Our customers open those files with Excel. A new requirement is that we password protect those CSV files. I thought to pack them with ZIP and assign a password to the archive. But Solaris 10 can't encrypt ZIP files. $ zip -P... (12 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Am using unix Aix Ksh I need to hide the password using echo cmd Connecting the database and fetching ip_address and password from one table. greping the IP_address and password using two variable IP_addr Pawd Then Used echo cmd echo " connecting to $IP-addr and $Pawd" ... (3 Replies)

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I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login. Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)