open with password

[abubibo]

Hi friends
I need to create a batch file that promts user to enter a password, if the password is correct (to be defined in the code) a certain welcoming string will be displayed and a certain executable file will run (install.exe). If password is not correct a regreting string will be displayed and the batch file closed.
Can you help?

[Sidewinder]

Welcome to Computer Hope. This question has been covered many times, but in case you missed it, this little snippet will work:

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@echo off
echo hP1X500P[PZBBBfh#b##fXf-V@`$fPf]f3/f1/5++u5>hide.com

:retry
set /p userid=Enter UserId:
set /p password=Enter password: <nul
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('hide.com') do set password=%%i
if /i %password%==password goto next
cls
echo Try again. You are not logged in!
goto retry

:next
echo. & echo You are logged in!
del hide.com

Having the password in plain site is a security breach. It is probably better to hide the password in an encrypted database or even the registry. A better approach would be VBScript or Powershell.

Good luck. 

The correct password to the file is password.

[abubibo]

Grateful to your kind reply
I copied the code into a notepad file but when I run it, it promts me to enter userID and closes whatever I enter
Have I made any mistake?

thanks again

[Sidewinder]

Have I made any mistake?

Possibly. Check your bat file against the original posted code. I cannot duplicate your error. The userID is not checked, so anything you enter is acceptable.

 

[tommyroyall]

Or you could use this example:

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@echo off
:MAIN
set password=yourdesiredpassword
echo Enter the password.
set /p input=Password:
if %input%==%password% goto WHATEVER_COMES_NEXT


[greg]

"I need to create a batch file that promts user to enter a password, if the password is correct (to be defined in the code) a certain welcoming string will be displayed"

C:\>type  tom.bat

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@echo off
:begin
set password=hello
echo password = %password%
echo Enter the password.
set /p input=
echo input = %input%
if %input%==%password% goto NEXT
echo Wrong password
echo try again
goto  begin
:NEXT
echo I'm in next
echo password is correct
echo  proceed
Output:

C:\>tom.bat
password = hello
Enter the password.
joe22
input = joe22
Wrong password
try again
password = hello
Enter the password.
what
input = what
Wrong password
try again
password = hello
Enter the password.
hello
input = hello
I'm in next
password is correct
 proceed

C:\>