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Name: DaBuggin1 Date: June 11, 2003 at 17:23:06 Pacific OS: linux8.0 CPU/Ram: dual xeon, 2GB ram
Comment:
I have written a script to login to various network equip and perform automated functions. Is there a way to hide the input from the keyboard on read in Korn shell.
read USER?"UBR Login:" read PASS?"UBR Password:"
Currently, when the script is run, anyone looking over your shoulder can read your password. Is there a switch to do this?
if anyone needs something like this, here you go. if you know of a better way, please post.
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Response Number 2
Name: nails Date: June 11, 2003 at 21:56:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hi:
I don't know of any way of turning off echoing without modifying the terminal driver:
!/bin/ksh
# get_passwd: This function saves the current terminal settings and # sets the terminal to no echo and disables the interrupt key with the # unix stty command. Enter the password and # reset original terminal settings # with stty before returning the password to the calling script. function get_passwd { local password oldstty
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