Hello Ninju, sometimes ago I also tackled down the problem of entering passwords (sensitive information) via input task and I documented my attempts in an article called "Extending Ant Input Abilities". You can find it on [1], the first one in section articles.
In short, the way Ant reads its input is managed by the so called InputHandlers (subclasses of org.apache.tools.ant.input.InputHandler). I wrote PasswordInputHandler that replace every letter typed on the terminal with asterisk (*). Unfortunately, besides that article I had no time to writre decent docs. At the time I announce it [2], Dale Anson asked me whether I would like to contribute PasswordInputHandler in ant-contrib and I agreed, but we didn't talked more about this. I still want to contribute it, so if Ant-Contrib supporters are reading this and still are interested, please do not hesitate to contact me. HTH Ivan [1]http://ant.apache.org/resources.html [2]http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ant-user&m=109238228719555&w=2 --- Ninju Bohra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have created some targets that run <sql> tasks and > for determing the user name & password information > to use (for the DB login) I use the <input> task, > i.e. > > <target name="update_build"> > <input addproperty="db.user.name" message="What > is your database name"/> > <input addproperty="db.password" message="What > is your database password"/> > <sql> > . > . > . > </sql> > </target> > > It would be great to have an optional attribute of > the <input> task, let's say called passwordChar, > that if set would control which character(s) to > display instead of echoing the keyboard input. So > you could use > <input addproperty="db.password" > passwordChar="*" message="What is your database > password"/> > > and all that would show up as the user types would a > series of * (astericks)... > > What do you guys think?? > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
