How to take passwords input as ****** or just nothing

[ppuniversal]

Hello,
I am making a console application in C++ where I have to take username and password as input from user.
I want that when password is taken, it should not be shown on screen, i.e. it is either shown as asterix(*******) or just no movement of cursor.

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Pawan

[horace1]

Hello,
I am making a console application in C++ where I have to take username and password as input from user.
I want that when password is taken, it should not be shown on screen, i.e. it is either shown as asterix(*******) or just no movement of cursor.

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Pawan

some windows compilers have a header file <conio.h> with a function getch() which reads a character from the keyboard without echo .

[vermarajeev]

some windows compilers have a header file <conio.h> with a function getch() which reads a character from the keyboard without echo .

int main()
{
   char ch;
   string password;
   while ( (ch = getch()) != '\r' )
   {  
         password.push_back(ch);
   }
   cout<< "You entered :"<< password<<endl;
   return 0;
}

You can use above code for windows, For Linux, there is something called getpass( char* ); type man getpass on console to see how it works.

[saranjegan]

Hello,
I am making a console application in C++ where I have to take username and password as input from user.
I want that when password is taken, it should not be shown on screen, i.e. it is either shown as asterix(*******) or just no movement of cursor.

Please Reply
Pawan

use getpass function
or print *** using getch and putch in a for loop

[ppuniversal]

use getpass function
or print *** using getch and putch in a for loop

What is this getpass() function, I didnt find it anywhere!
Pawan

[ppuniversal]

int main()
{
   char ch;
   string password;
   while ( (ch = getch()) != '\r' )
   {  
         password.push_back(ch);
   }
   cout<< "You entered :"<< password<<endl;
   return 0;
}

You can use above code for windows, For Linux, there is something called getpass( char* ); type man getpass on console to see how it works.

Thanks, it worked.
Pawan

[Jathniel]

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