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Terminal password example

#include <stdio.h> #include <termios.h> #define PASSMAX 8 int main(void) { struct termios defrsett, newrsett; char password[PASSMAX + 1]; tcgetattr(fileno(stdin), &defrsett); newrsett = defrsett; newrsett.c_lflag &= ~ECHO; printf("Enter password: "); if(tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSAFLUSH, &newrsett) != 0) fprintf(stderr, "Did not set attributes\n"); else { fgets(password, PASSMAX, stdin); tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSANOW, &defrsett); fprintf(stdout, "\nYou enterd %s", password); } return 0; }