perldoc -q password
How do I ask the user for a password?
(This question has nothing to do with the web. See a different
FAQ for that.)
There's an example of this in L<perlfunc/crypt>). First, you put
the terminal into "no echo" mode, then just read the password
normally. You may do this with an old-style ioctl() function, POSIX
terminal control (see L<POSIX>, and Chapter 7 of the Camel), or a call
to the B<stty> program, with varying degrees of portability.
You can also do this for most systems using the Term::ReadKey module
from CPAN, which is easier to use and in theory more portable.
use Term::ReadKey;
ReadMode('noecho');
$password = ReadLine(0);
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Craig Moynes
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"Ravindranath,
Sujit" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<sujit.ravindranath cc:
@attws.com> Subject: Password entry field.
08/27/2002 02:55 PM
Hi all,
I am using PERL to write a terminal(UNIX) program wherein it prompts the
user for some information, including a password field.
Now,is there a way I can set this up so that the user-input key-strokes
show
up as asterisks on the screen ?
Thanks
Sujit Ravindranath
AT&T Wireless Services
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