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|> I got such fantastic responce on my last dumb question, I decided to turn
|> this one over to you as well! :)  Here's another stumper for you all:
|>
|> How would one read a word typed by a user without echoing it to the
|> screen (it's a password).  In my sh script I currently have:
|>
|> #!/bin/sh
|>
|>           {stuff deleted}
|>
|> echo "Special system user name:"
|> echo $ssusername
|>
|> echo "Enter password:"
|> read $sspassword
|>
|> export $ssusername $sspassword
|>
|> newscript &
|>                          
|>
|>                           Thanks, Simon...
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|> || 01416 || Information Technology Dept, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Canada

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How would one read a word typed by a user without echoing it to the
screen (it's a password).  In my sh script I currently have:

#!/bin/sh

                {stuff deleted}

echo "Special system user name:"
echo $ssusername

echo "Enter password:"
read $sspassword

export $ssusername $sspassword

newscript &

                                Thanks, Simon...
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||| | || || Generic Sig                                         ''`
||| | || || ===========                                         O-O
||| | || ||                                                      L

|| 01416 || Information Technology Dept, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Canada

echo "Enter password:"
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read $sspassword
stty echo

export $ssusername $sspassword

newscript &

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