Password input?

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November 23rd, 2003, 02:27 PM

Baltor

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Password input?

How would I make the something inputed appear when being typed as * symbols, like a normal login deal.
I need to input passwords in a cmd line app I'm writing.
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November 23rd, 2003, 08:17 PM

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For a Windows console you can use the getch()/putch() pair found in the msvcrt module.

For Linux try the termios module. There is an example in it's documentation for password handling. Basically, this module allows you to switch options of the terminal the python app is running in.

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November 24th, 2003, 08:12 AM

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Or you could use the 'getpass' module. It seems it'll autodetect what you need with the getpass.getpass() function.

November 24th, 2003, 10:06 AM

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Alright, I'll try that.

November 24th, 2003, 10:58 AM

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That just seems too easy, there must be a catch

November 24th, 2003, 03:32 PM

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Believe it or not, no catch that i can see

.. tested and retested.. as long as you don't run though IDLE (which gives you a warning message) you wont see anything user enters! Kinda an invisable version of raw_input(), and very cross platform!

A lil example, but too basic to be of any real use though!

Code:

import getpass

passwd = getpass.getpass('enter your password')

raw_input('Press ENTER to show the password..')

print passwd

raw_input('Press ENTER to exit..')

Nicely spotted Perc

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