From: Dan Zwell <dzwell@...>
Date: 2007-05-10T16:02:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Password Echo

> Thanks all.  I was hoping that there was a way I overlooked that
> didn't require any external dependencies.  However, I ended up using
> ruby-termios.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 

Marc--I use:

     begin
       system "stty -echo"
       @password = gets.chomp
     ensure
       system "stty echo"
     end

It turns off terminal echoing, ensuring that the script can't end before 
turning echoing back on.

Dan