concealing password input

[unregistered]

how do I replace each character the user types as a '*' instead of displaying it on the console in a PLATFORM INDEPENDENT way? Is there a way to do it with the standard libraries?

[Skillless]

You might be able to get a single character, and cout << "\b*" (\b is for backspace)
Its not really very good solution, but i cant think of anything else.

[firedraco]

I would suggest ncurses if you want to do that kind of fancy text manipulation.

[Null]

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/16139/

[unregistered]

hey the man pages state that the getpass function is obsolete, is there a newer way to do it?