Here is one way:
#!/bin/bash -p
old_settings=$(stty -g)trap 'stty $old_settings' EXIT HUP
echo -n "Enter Password: "
stty raw -echoichr=.value=oifs="$IFS"IFS=while [[ $ichr != "" ]]; do
read -n1 ichr
[[ -n $ichr ]] && echo -n '.'
value="$value$ichr"doneIFS="$oifs"
stty -raw echoecho
echo $value | *passwd --stdin*
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On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]> wrote:
> You could always wrap your passwd command with a shell script that just
> tells them that the password prompt won't echo anything and then
> immediately runs the real password program.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
>
> On 09/09/2013 06:49 AM, Shawn Badger wrote:
>
>> Thanks Brian, i was hoping it wouldn't be that deep of a change, I
>> think my users will just have to get used to it since I'm not thinking
>> it a big enough problem to change the app. It is always good to be able
>> to have the choice to though :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> I was just reading though the source for passwd and it looks like
>> there isn't a way to do it without rewriting parts of passwd to not
>> use the getpass function, or rewriting getpass itself if you want
>> everything to output the stars.
>>
>> The getpass() function opens /dev/tty (the controlling
>> terminal of the process), outputs the string prompt, turns
>> off
>> echoing, reads one line (the "password"), restores the
>> terminal
>> state and closes /dev/tty again.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>>
>> On 09/06/2013 08:13 AM, Shawn Badger wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Larry!!
>> I have found several articles on how to do form within sudo, but
>> nothing
>> on how to get passwd or bash to do it so far.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dazed_75 <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>**>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Oops! I misread your question. That was for the part you
>> already know.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Dazed_75
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> <mailto:[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>**> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.maketecheasier.com/**__quick-tips/show-password-__**
>> asterisks-in-terminal<http://www.maketecheasier.com/__quick-tips/show-password-__asterisks-in-terminal>
>>
>> <http://www.maketecheasier.**com/quick-tips/show-password-**
>> asterisks-in-terminal<http://www.maketecheasier.com/quick-tips/show-password-asterisks-in-terminal>
>> >
>>
>> worked for me :)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Shawn Badger
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have how to display password feed back while
>> using sudo,
>> but Google has failed me on how to display feedback
>> while
>> running passwd in a terminal session. Does anyone
>> know if
>> the pwfeedback environment setting works outside of
>> sudoers
>> file or an equivalent setting for the passwd command?
>>
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