I thought I had found an excellent way...
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Oct 2002
Q.
I thought I had found an excellent way to hide the input of a password in my server application that runs on a NetWare server, as seen in the examples at http://java.sun.com/features/2002/09/pword_mask.html. The third example in this feature shows how to hide input from a console/text-based application (a sorely missed feature from Java), so I implemented the classes in my server to see if it would work.
Alas, the password is still echoed to the screen, appearing on the following line. I have NetWare 6 with Support Pack 1 running JVM 1.3.1_01. Is this a bug in the Novell JVM or just a "feature" of the NetWare environment?
A.
If you're using the system console for screen I/O, you'll need to use a different screen. To do this, start your Java application with the "-ns" parameter so that it will have its own screen.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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