User entering a password 2

[carlg]

I have an interactive Perl script. The user gets prompted for some information and as the user types his repsonse, it is also displayed on the screen.

One of the things to enter is a passowrd variable. Is there a way to allow the user to enter the password, but not have it echo to the screen, but still capture the input?

Thanks for the info

 

[1DMF]

is there a reason you are not using a form and submitting it to the perl scripts, that way the form/browser deals with masking the password.

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[carlg]

It's not a web based application.

It's just a DOS command line application that gets run like the following.


perl myprogram.pl

 

[1DMF]

can you tell perl to use an input mask when promting for input ?

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[brigmar]

http://www.perl.com/doc/FAQs/FAQ/oldfaq-html/Q4.32.html

print "Please enter your password: '';
system("stty -echo");
chop($password=);
print "\n";
system("stty echo");

You can also use the Curses module, or the Term::Readkey module from CPAN

 

[carlg]

Great idea thanks, but that seems to be the Unix version.

I'm working from the DOS prompt.

 

[1DMF]

nice one!

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[raklet]

Install the module Term::InKey. It is available via PPM. Use the following code.

use Term::InKey;
$|++;
print "Press any key to clear the screen: ";
$x = &ReadPassword;
&Clear;
print "You pressed $x\n";

This is just a test sample to display the program's capability. Modify to suit your needs.

Hth,

Raklet