Replace input with “ * ” C++

Question

i want the user to input a passwort. of course it\'s a secret passwort so nobody should see it. so i tried to replace the letters and numbers the user inputs, with \' * \'.

Answer 1

On a posix system use getpass (3).

It won't give you asterix echos, instead it echos nothing, but it is the way to do it.

Or if you are on a BSD system you could use readpassphrase (3) which is more flexible than the older call.