How to hide password from getting displayed on screen

scorp_rahul23 · September 23, 2008, 8:20am

I am writting script like

echo "ENTER USERNAME: \c "
read uName
echo "ENTER PASSWORD: \c"
read pwd

In this it is shwng password on screen, I want to hide it, how can I do that

era · September 23, 2008, 8:25am

stty -echo; read pwd; stty echo

scorp_rahul23 · September 23, 2008, 8:29am

Its not working

echo "ENTER PASSWORD: \c"
stty -echo;
read pwd;
stty echo;

era · September 23, 2008, 8:34am

Do you get an error message? Do you find anything about "echo" in the local manual page for stty?

scorp_rahul23 · September 23, 2008, 8:35am

No error message nthng, just it is displaying password on the screen

era · September 23, 2008, 8:45am

Did you check the manual page?