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Re: Answer: How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?

by skx (Parson)
on Oct 23, 2003 at 11:19 UTC ( [id://301539]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Answer: How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?
in thread How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?

 This works but there are two caveats you should bear in mind:

  • If you're running the script as a priviledged process you might have just opened yourself to a local attack, if the user can modify their path and slip in a trojan 'stty' binary.
  • This fails utterly on Windows, amongst other systems.
Steve
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