I need to get authentication credentials from the users within a Windows script but the classic "first Google result" approach:
SET /P USR=Username:
SET /P PWD=Password:
is less than satisfying, so I was wondering if there's let's say an "equivalent" to HTML's input type="password"?
check out this
http://www.netikka.net/tsneti/info/tscmd052.htm
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
:: Build a Visual Basic Script
set vbs_=%temp%\tmp$$$.vbs
set skip=
findstr "'%skip%VBS" "%~f0" > "%vbs_%"
::
:: Prompting without linefeed as in Item #15
echo.|set /p="Password: "
:: Run the script with Microsoft Windows Script Host Version 5.6
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%vbs_%"') do set MyPass1=%%a
::
::echo.
echo.|set /p="Retype : "
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%vbs_%"') do set MyPass2=%%a
::
:: Clean up
for %%f in ("%vbs_%") do if exist %%f del %%f
::
:: Demonstrate the result
echo.
if "%MyPass1%"=="%MyPass2%" (
echo The entered password was %MyPass1%
) else (
echo No match)
endlocal & goto :EOF
'
'The Visual Basic Script
Set WshPass = WScript.CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password") 'VBS
Password=WshPass.GetPassWord() 'VBS
WScript.Echo PassWord 'VBS