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Date:	Mon, 4 May 1998 17:14:57 PST8PDT
From:	"Virginia R. Hetrick" <drjuice@ucla.edu >
Reply-To:	scoug-general@scoug.com
To:	SCOUG General mailing list <scoug-general@scoug.com > , POSSI Discussion <discussion@possi.org >
Subject:	SCOUG-General: Keeping passwords secret in REXX

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Does anybody know whether there's a way in OS/2 REXX to make a password
appear as ******* when it's typed on the screen and to capture what was
actually entered? As near as I can see translate() applies to changing
the string. Any ideas?

All of this is in pursuit of my mission to beat gte.net's dialup process
into submission. I just want to pass the password along without its
echoing on my screen.

Thanks in advance.

vh
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