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Ivan	Posted: Sep 27 2004, 10:43 AM
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Member No.: 547 Joined: 26-September 04	I need to program a FTP client in C language for my homework. But I don't know how to mask my key typing for the password input in Unix. Can anyboby help me? Thanks in advance. :lol:

venkat_venkamolla	Posted: Apr 7 2005, 01:22 PM
User Level: 2 Group: Members Posts: 13 Member No.: 906 Joined: 4-April 05	yes you can do that : var_echostop=`stty -g` stty -echo read secret stty $var_echostop this might help you.. cheers

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