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Old 10-12-2005
redirection stdin
hello all,

I need to create a password change utility for a database. I need to gather at the command line the username, password and database sid. I have the program currently doing this. What I would like to do is not have the new password appear on the screen when I do my read command. (i.e.like in the passwd utility) is there a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Dan
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Old 10-12-2005
In C, call the getpass() function - unistd.h
Otherwise for a shell script use stty -echo (turn off echo) stty echo (turn on echo)
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Old 10-12-2005
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
In C, call the getpass() function - unistd.h
Otherwise for a shell script use stty -echo (turn off echo) stty echo (turn on echo)
thanks stty -echo worked well.
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