 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Java Forum / General / July 2005Turning echo off in Java
Hi all, I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this possible in Java? I really appreciate any input. Thanks, Shekar Tippur wto, 12 lip 2005 o 21:29 GMT, ctippur@gmail.com napisał(a): > I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing > what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this > possible in Java? > I really appreciate any input. http://www.google.com/search?q=java+hiding+password check one of the links on top of the results... Pozdrawiam Brzezi  Signature[ E-mail: brzezi@enter.net.pl ][ The wise man seeks everything in ] [ Ekg: #3781111 ][ himself; the ignorant man tries to get ] [ LinuxUser: #249916 ][ everything from somebody else. ] >Hi all, > >I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing >what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this >possible in Java? Huh? This is a programming language, not an OS shell. It doesn't write anything out unless you tell it to. -- Tim Slattery Slattery_T@bls.gov Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote or quoted: > >I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing > >what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this > >possible in Java? > > Huh? This is a programming language, not an OS shell. It doesn't write > anything out unless you tell it to. It does when reading characters on the command line. I think the OP is looking for: http://java.sun.com/features/2002/09/pword_mask.html Signature__________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ tim@tt1lock.org Remove lock to reply. Tim Tyler coughed up: > Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote or quoted: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > http://java.sun.com/features/2002/09/pword_mask.html It's entirely possible that the OP was looking for something non-command line based, but didn't know how to ask for it in swing/awt/etc. But in any case, I think that the solution you provided is both clever *and* hysterical! You gotta love the heroic leaps of effort that you can find here and there. SignaturePuzzle: You are given a deck of cards all face down except for 10 cards mixed in which are face up. If you are in a pitch black room, how do you divide the deck into two piles (may be uneven) that each contain the same number of face-up cards? Answer (rot13): Sebz naljurer va gur qrpx, qrny bhg gra pneqf naq syvc gurz bire. Thomas G. Marshall <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote or quoted: > Tim Tyler coughed up: > > Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote or quoted: > >>> I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing > >>> what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > It's entirely possible that the OP was looking for something non-command > line based, but didn't know how to ask for it in swing/awt/etc. The URL covers that too: ``If you wish to provide a graphical login dialog box for your application, you can use the AWT's TextField class, which is a text component that allows editing of a single line of text. To mask the password field, use the setEchoChar method. For example, to set the echo char to an asterisk, you would do the following: TextField password = new TextField(8); password.setEchoChar('*');'' There's also a Swing version. > But in any case, I think that the solution you provided is both clever *and* > hysterical! It's a real problem for those writing command line tools in Java. Echoing passwords to the screen is simply not normally acceptable. It's good that there's a way around the problem - even if it is ridiculous. Signature__________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ tim@tt1lock.org Remove lock to reply. > I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing > what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this > possible in Java? Does this help? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/msg/a132c7feda18187a Nothing is preventing you from running stty from within your application. /gordon Signature[ do not email me copies of your followups ] g o r d o n + n e w s @ b a l d e r 1 3 . s e >> I would like to prompt the user for a password and turn off echoing >> what the user inputs ("stty echo off" command in unix). Is this >> possible in Java? > > Does this help? http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/msg/a132c7feda18187a > Nothing is preventing you from running stty from within your > application. Only that it's not exactly portable... :-) robert > Only that it's not exactly portable... :-) No such claims were made, however I'm confident that it's portable enough for the OP! /gordon Signature[ do not email me copies of your followups ] g o r d o n + n e w s @ b a l d e r 1 3 . s e Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
|
Reply to this Message
|
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.