This was asked recently on the TCJUG. Noone offered a solution other than using JNI to call either getpass(3) or tcsetattr(2). Me thinks the Java designers decided that terminal I/O was not part of the least common demoninator. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-devel-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-devel-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Bob Tanner > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:47 AM > To: tclug-devel at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG-DEVEL] Hidding passwords in Java? > > > Is there any code out there that will hide passwords when type at > the console? > > I'm finishing up on a console program and it requires > username/password, but I > cannot seem to figure out how to hide the password as it's being typed. > > I'm sure some other Java programs have run into this, but google > searches have > been unsuccessful. > > -- > Minneapolis St. Paul Twin Cities MN | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.mn-linux.org Minnesota Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-devel mailing list > tclug-devel at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-devel