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Operating Systems Solaris Camouflage STD IN on output (TRU64) Post 302494498 by Scott on Monday 7th of February 2011 12:33:43 PM
Old 02-07-2011
This is a modification to a post by user 'LivinFree', a long time ago:

Code:
trap 'stty "$oldstty"; exit' 0

readString () {
  printf "Enter password: "
  oldstty=`stty -g`
  stty -icanon -echo min 1 time 0
  while :; do
    K=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null) 
    [ ! "$K" ] && break
    S=$S$K
    printf ${K:+#}
  done
  stty "$oldstty"
  echo
}

readString
echo "You entered: $S"

I just tested it in KSH on Solaris 10, so you could try it.

Last edited by Scott; 02-07-2011 at 01:52 PM.. Reason: It can go a bit doolally if you press ^C, so added 'trap'
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install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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