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Old 09-10-2005
Question How to echo password characters
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 passwords?


Thanks,

MZ
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Old 09-10-2005
You would need to write your own lock command that behaves that way. Ditto for every other program that requests a password.
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Old 09-10-2005
how would I write that? an example?
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Old 09-10-2005
Use google to find the source code.
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Old 09-12-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
Use google to find the source code.

good idea. Smilie
 
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