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Display Asterisks When Typing Passwords in Bash

September 18, 2023

Here’s how to display asterisks when typing passwords in Bash.

#!/bin/bash
unset password
prompt="Enter Password:"
while IFS= read -p "$prompt" -r -s -n 1 char
do
    if [[ $char == $'\0' ]]
    then
        break
    fi
    prompt='*'
    password+="$char"
done
echo
echo "Done. Password=$password"

#!/bin/bash unset password prompt="Enter Password:" while IFS= read -p "$prompt" -r -s -n 1 char do if [[ $char == $'\0' ]] then break fi prompt='*' password+="$char" done echo echo "Done. Password=$password"

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: asterisks, bash, display, password, typing

GCP Windows Password Reset

February 14, 2022

Instead of the GCP Console, you can reset Windows Server password via gcloud.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password server-name \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project project-id

gcloud compute reset-windows-password server-name \ --zone us-central1-a \ --project project-id

Username and password will generated.

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: gcloud, gcp, password, reset, windows

GCP Reset Windows Password

February 4, 2022

How to reset password of a GCP Compute Engine running on Windows OS.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password servername \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project your-project-id

gcloud compute reset-windows-password servername \ --zone us-central1-a \ --project your-project-id

Output

This command creates an account and sets an initial password for the
user [firstname_lastname] if the account does not already exist.
If the account already exists, resetting the password can cause the
LOSS OF ENCRYPTED DATA secured with the current password, including
files and stored passwords.
 
For more information, see:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/operating-systems/windows#reset
 
Would you like to set or reset the password for [firstname_lastname]
(Y/n)?  y
 
Resetting and retrieving password for [firstname_lastname] on [servername]
Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/your-project-id/zones/us-central1-a/instances/servername].
WARNING: Instance [servername] does not appear to have an external IP
address, so it will not be able to accept external connections.
To add an external IP address to the instance, use
gcloud compute instances add-access-config.
password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
username: firstname_lastname

This command creates an account and sets an initial password for the user [firstname_lastname] if the account does not already exist. If the account already exists, resetting the password can cause the LOSS OF ENCRYPTED DATA secured with the current password, including files and stored passwords. For more information, see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/operating-systems/windows#reset Would you like to set or reset the password for [firstname_lastname] (Y/n)? y Resetting and retrieving password for [firstname_lastname] on [servername] Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/your-project-id/zones/us-central1-a/instances/servername]. WARNING: Instance [servername] does not appear to have an external IP address, so it will not be able to accept external connections. To add an external IP address to the instance, use gcloud compute instances add-access-config. password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx username: firstname_lastname

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: compute, gcp, password, reset, set, windows

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