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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Masking the password entered by the user |
| Date | Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:34:24 -0800 |
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Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> writes:
> One of the functions I have gets a password from the
> user. I would like to hide characters as they are entered
> by the user.
[snip]
There is no portable way to do this.
See question 19.1 of the comp.lang.c FAQ, <http://www.c-faq.com/>.
The discussion there is a bit out of date.
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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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Masking the password entered by the user Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 09:19 -0800
Re: Masking the password entered by the user Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-07 09:34 -0800
Re: Masking the password entered by the user "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-07 12:54 -0500
Re: Masking the password entered by the user Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 10:21 -0800
Re: Masking the password entered by the user Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-07 12:16 -0800
Re: Masking the password entered by the user luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 11:10 -0800
Re: Masking the password entered by the user Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-07 19:39 +0000
Re: Masking the password entered by the user Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-02-07 12:21 -0800
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