Turning off local-echo from a server.

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I've been learning perl for a while now, and decided to practice everything I've learned in one big go by making a mud. It is going nicely, but I don't know how to turn off local-echo on the connecting user's client when the time comes to enter their password.

Everywhere I look tells me how to turn it off locally :( The worst thing is that I read it yesterday, but I can't for the life of me remember where it was!

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
--
A frustrated llama.

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Re: Turning off local-echo from a server. by AcidHawk (Vicar) on Jan 14, 2003 at 12:05 UTC
Have a look at http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=812 -or- Similar to defyance `#! /use/bin/perl use strict; use Term::ReadKey; ReadMode( "noecho"); print "Enter pwd please :"; chomp (my $pwd = <>); ReadMode ("original") ; print "\nYou typed $pwd!\n";` [download] ----- Of all the things I've lost in my life, its my mind I miss the most.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Turning off local-echo from a server. by defyance (Curate) on Jan 14, 2003 at 02:56 UTC
You have quite a few options here.. I would go with: `use Term::ReadKey; ReadMode 2; chomp( my $password = ReadLine ); ReadMode 0;` [download] There are several nodes on this site that will lead you in the right direction, I suggest a good search on "Handling user input", or something like that. -- Can't never could do anything, so give me and inch, I'll make it a mile.	[reply] [d/l]