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

Hi Monks!
I would like your opinion on something ... i would like to learn how to write a daemon and i would like to know the following thing : if i will implement a login procedure thingy :) ... how can i make it to be "no echo" like ? So that when i enter my password it will not show it on the screen !
Thanks!

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Re: No echo Server
by andyford (Curate) on Nov 19, 2006 at 11:09 UTC
Re: No echo Server
by perladdict (Chaplain) on Nov 19, 2006 at 11:44 UTC
    Look into Net::Daemon - Perl extension for portable daemons on CPAN