Hidding Character as you type

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Andrew Clark <ryaku711 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to either completely hide character as you type in command line or add ***** to each character as you for simple password obscurity. I've tried getpass.getpass() however the characters still show up on the screen as you type it. Can anyone help? I'm using python 2.7 on windows.
>
> host = 'ldxnis12.dx.deere.com'
>     username = raw_input("Enter username: ")
>     password = raw_input("Enter password: ")
>
>
> Output:
>
> Enter username: username
> Enter password: iwanthistonotshowup

Sounds like a limitation or bug in getpass. I don't have 2.7 handy,
but just tried it on Win 7, CPython 3.5, and it correctly hid the
characters. (Granted, a lot of Windows users are surprised by the lack
of asterisks. But it's still better than leaving it visible.) It
doesn't hide the password in Idle (and gives a warning to that
effect), but if you're working in a GUI, you have other options
anyway.

Try upgrading to 3.5 and see if you can make it work there. If not,
gather a ton of details about your system, and raise the issue - what
you want is exactly what getpass should provide.

ChrisA