why does getpass() show the input?

[Robin Haswell]

rob at aranea:~$ python
Python 2.4.2 (#2, Sep 30 2005, 21:19:01) 
[GCC 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu8)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 
>>> # The cause of this problem is because you're using the console
... # to test getpass. getpass.getpass()'s return value is the   
... # password inputted, but because you're not capturing its return
... # value, the console is printing it. Let me demonstrate:
... 
>>> import getpass
>>> getpass.getpass()            
Password: 
'This is a password'
>>> # The password is printed, however, if I capture the output:
... 
>>> mypass = getpass.getpass()
Password: 
>>> # The password is not shown, and is stored in mypass:
... 
>>> print mypass
This is a password
>>> 
>>> # Thank you, and goodnight.
... #
... # -Rob
... 
>>> 

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:42:18 +0000, John Salerno wrote:

> I'm guessing this might have something to do with my particular system?
> 
>  >>> getpass.getpass()
> Warning: Problem with getpass. Passwords may be echoed.
> Password: hello
> 'hello'