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- Subject: Re: Reading passwords in a console application
- From: Tony Finch <dot@...>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:28:58 +0100
Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <[email protected]> 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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