Manno15 commented on a change in pull request #2228:
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2228#discussion_r686932110



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File path: 
server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/init/Initialize.java
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@@ -748,24 +733,27 @@ private String getRootUserName(SiteConfiguration 
siteConfig, Opts opts) throws I
     if (opts.cliPassword != null) {
       return opts.cliPassword.getBytes(UTF_8);
     }
-    String rootpass;
-    String confirmpass;
+    char[] rootpass;
+    char[] confirmpass;
+    String strrootpass;
+    String strconfirmpass;
     do {
-      rootpass = getLineReader().readLine(
-          "Enter initial password for " + rootUser + 
getInitialPasswordWarning(siteConfig), '*');
+      rootpass = System.console().readPassword(
+          "Enter initial password for " + rootUser + 
getInitialPasswordWarning(siteConfig));

Review comment:
       ```suggestion
        var rootpass = System.console().readPassword(
             "Enter initial password for " + rootUser + 
getInitialPasswordWarning(siteConfig));
   ```
   
   Could do something like this for both passwords and drop the char[] objects 
above.
   




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