I want to prompt a user to enter his username and password. bpnbat -login -info < question.txt ====question.txt==== unix solaris.eme.com What is your username:> What is your password:> I have a text file, were the first two parameters are stored and then i want to request the user to enter his username and password. The password entry needs to be hidden, so the user details are not displayed on the screen. How can i get the user to enter his details. Simply request, i am bit rusty with my scripting. King Regards Junes

echo "What is your username:> \c" read USERNAME stty -echo echo "What is your password:> \c" read PASSWORD stty echo echo Luke Chi

The problem with the above solution is if the user presses interrupt, it leaves the terminal in an undefined state. I'd change: stty -echo to stty -echo intr '$-' above, I'm changing the interrupt key to something the user isn't likely to use. Also, keep in mind that the stty is one of the most non-portable of all unix commands.