I am doing a project in C program which requires to type in password in Unix terminal. Does anybody know how to shade or not output any words typed by user in the terminal?
I use the function scan() to read typing from user. Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)
Hi falks,
I have the following ksh code:
echo "Enter VS Admin password:"
oldstty=`stty -g`
stty -echo intr '$-'
read password
stty $oldstty
echo
This code ask from a user to enter his password. The OS suppose to hide the entering of the... (2 Replies)
All,
In my script I am calling another script.. in that script I need to enter a password. Problem is that everyone is able to see the password when I enter that. Is there any way that when i enter that password it should not display or may look like *******.
Or if there any other way that I... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am writing a UNIX .ksh script and need to send the login password of the login id that is executing the script to a command that I am executing in the script. I don't want that password to be seen by anyone except whoever is executing the script.
Does anyone know how I can accomplish... (6 Replies)
I am writting script like
echo "ENTER USERNAME: \c "
read uName
echo "ENTER PASSWORD: \c"
read pwd
In this it is shwng password on screen, I want to hide it, how can I do that (5 Replies)
I have a properties file that contains passwords, need to hide the passwords before the properties file can be distributed.
Input file:
prop1=1
prop2=2
password=123456 this is a test pw
prop3=3
password=789abc this is a prod pw
My sed command is:
sed 's/password=.*/password=xxx/g' <... (3 Replies)
hi all,
i run sqlplus command on unix(HP-UX)
like "sqlplus username/password@serverA @deneme.sql"
but when someone run "ps -ef | grep sqlplus", it can see my username and password :(
How can i hide username and password.
thanx. (1 Reply)
Hi
I have following problem Im writing a script (in bash ) , where need to be written login & passwd for databas client .
Its need to in following form login passwd@dbhostname .
The problem is so anybody can read it so the passwd & login are visible and thats not very safety .
Can... (8 Replies)
Hi there,
I found out a very strange behavior.
If I call ssh, my password will be invisible when I'm prompted to type it:
santiago@cassiopee:~$ ssh titan.caoba.fr "echo connected"
santiago@titan.caoba.fr's password: <--- password is hidden when typed
connected
santiago@cassiopee:~$ If I... (5 Replies)
i have a shell script which calls a java program with username and password arguments.
#!/bin/ksh
#set some classpaths here
#finally run the command
java com.test -u $U -p $P
Now when i run it, the password shows up in the list of processes. I am not the admin on the server so cant... (3 Replies)
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ldap_compare
LDAP_COMPARE(3) 1 LDAP_COMPARE(3)ldap_compare - Compare value of attribute found in entry specified with DNSYNOPSIS
mixed ldap_compare (resource $link_identifier, string $dn, string $attribute, string $value)
DESCRIPTION
Compare $value of $attribute with value of same attribute in an LDAP directory entry.
PARAMETERS
o $link_identifier
- An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect(3).
o $dn
- The distinguished name of an LDAP entity.
o $attribute
- The attribute name.
o $value
- The compared value.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $value matches otherwise returns FALSE. Returns -1 on error.
EXAMPLES
The following example demonstrates how to check whether or not given password matches the one defined in DN specified entry.
Example #1
Complete example of password check
<?php
$ds=ldap_connect("localhost"); // assuming the LDAP server is on this host
if ($ds) {
// bind
if (ldap_bind($ds)) {
// prepare data
$dn = "cn=Matti Meikku, ou=My Unit, o=My Company, c=FI";
$value = "secretpassword";
$attr = "password";
// compare value
$r=ldap_compare($ds, $dn, $attr, $value);
if ($r === -1) {
echo "Error: " . ldap_error($ds);
} elseif ($r === true) {
echo "Password correct.";
} elseif ($r === false) {
echo "Wrong guess! Password incorrect.";
}
} else {
echo "Unable to bind to LDAP server.";
}
ldap_close($ds);
} else {
echo "Unable to connect to LDAP server.";
}
?>
NOTES
Warning
ldap_compare(3) can NOT be used to compare BINARY values!
PHP Documentation Group LDAP_COMPARE(3)