Set echo off

[neeludhiman]

Hi friends,
Can anyone please tell me how can I set echoing the characters off while I type them on the keyboard ? e.g; I have to input password in c code but that must not be displayed while typing. I am working in Linux.
Thanks.

[dubeyprateek]

are u working on a command line app??

try this

while(1) {
    if (((str[i] = getch()) == '\n') {
           break ;
    }
    else
         ++i;
}

[Salem]

http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?termios
Clear the ECHO bit.

You might also consider
http://www.hmug.org/man/3/getpass.php
but I think that's a deprecated function.