# Passwords **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [January 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291 "2009-01-21T19:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/1 "2009-01-21T19:41:37Z")
Hi, I’m new to Ruby ( one day), but not to programming (over 30 years) and I would like some help. I would like to be able to read a password without echoing the characters typed. I’ve looked at getc but this echos the character (as a number). Something like the python getpass would be good. John C. ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/2 "2009-01-21T19:49:05Z")
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:39 PM, John C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > I’m new to Ruby ( one day), but not to programming (over 30 years) and I > would like some help. > > I would like to be able to read a password without echoing the > characters typed. I’ve looked at getc but this echos the character (as a > number). > > Something like the python getpass would be good. [http://highline.rubyforge.org/](http://highline.rubyforge.org/) -greg ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/3 "2009-01-21T19:52:02Z")
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:39 AM, John C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I would like to be able to read a password without echoing the > characters typed. I’ve looked at getc but this echos the character (as a > number). The Ruby-Password library supports this. Check it out: [http://www.caliban.org/ruby/ruby-password.shtml](http://www.caliban.org/ruby/ruby-password.shtml) It’s pretty simple: Password.get( "Your prompt: " ) Ben ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/4 "2009-01-21T20:13:22Z")
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:08 AM, John C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks, that is simple, but where do I find Password?, what requires do I > need? All of that information and more is available at the link I gave you. It requires ruby-termios (which is available as a gem) and cracklib, which should be available from your operating system’s package manager. Ben ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/5 "2009-01-21T20:10:58Z")
Thanks, that is simple, but where do I find Password?, what requires do I need? 2009/1/21 Ben B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/6 "2009-01-22T12:22:52Z")
Hi, Am Donnerstag, 22. Jan 2009, 03:39:57 +0900 schrieb John C.: > I would like to be able to read a password without echoing the > characters typed. I’ve looked at getc but this echos the character (as a > number). [http://bertram-scharpf.homelinux.com/src/password.rb](http://bertram-scharpf.homelinux.com/src/password.rb) Needs the termios gem and UN\*X. Bertram ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/7 "2009-01-22T12:35:53Z")
- Bertram S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [2009-01-22 20:20:27 +0900]: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, 22. Jan 2009, 03:39:57 +0900 schrieb John C.: > > > I would like to be able to read a password without echoing the > > characters typed. I’ve looked at getc but this echos the character (as a > > number). > > [http://bertram-scharpf.homelinux.com/src/password.rb](http://bertram-scharpf.homelinux.com/src/password.rb) > > Needs the termios gem and UN\*X. an alternative suggestion is … def get\_password print "Password: " `stty -echo` @pass=STDIN.gets.chomp ensure `stty echo` end – Saji N. Hameed APEC Climate Center +82 51 668 7470 National Pension Corporation Busan Building 12F Yeonsan 2-dong, Yeonje-gu, BUSAN 611705 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid KOREA ---
**Author:** ![amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amin1426](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amin1426)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passwords/158291/8 "2009-01-22T20:40:39Z")
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Saji N. Hameed [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Needs the termios gem and UN\*X. > > an alternative suggestion is … > > def get\_password > print "Password: " > `stty -echo` > @pass=STDIN.gets.chomp ensure `stty echo` > end It’s worth mentioning that of all the solutions recommended, Highline is the only one that works cross-platform comfortably. require “highline/import” pass = ask("Enter your password: ") { |q| q.echo = false }