Re: Reading passwords in a console application

[Tony Finch <dot@...>]

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>
> io.write("password: ")
> io.flush()
> os.execute("stty -echo")
> password=io.read()
> os.execute("stty sane")
> if (hash(password)==hashed_password) then ...

Best to use "stty echo" rather than "stty sane" to avoid trampling other
tty settings.

Tony.
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