suppressing password in telnet batch file

[abc]

Hi
  I wrote the following telnet batch file, it is working fine BUT it is displaying the password on the screen. How to suppress it.

@echo off
echo set sh=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")>telnet.vbs
echo WScript.Sleep 500>>telnet.vbs
set /p userid=Enter User Id:
set /p password=Enter PassWord:
echo sh.SendKeys "%userid%">>telnet.vbs 'USERID
echo WScript.Sleep 500>>telnet.vbs
echo sh.SendKeys "~">>telnet.vbs
echo WScript.Sleep 500>>telnet.vbs
echo sh.SendKeys "%password%">>telnet.vbs ' PASSWD
echo sh.SendKeys "~">>telnet.vbs
echo WScript.Sleep 500>>telnet.vbs
start /realtime telnet.exe <hostname>
C:\WINNT\system32\cscript.exe  //nologo telnet.vbs
del telnet.vbs

Thanx

[porfuse]

cls ? right after the pass is displayed ? where is the pass displayed ? top, bottom...do some rearranging

[abc]

At the statement set /p password=Enter Password:

[Sidewinder]

I'm not aware of any batch method to suppress a password. But since you're using VBScript anyway, this may work:

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Set objPassword = CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password")
WScript.StdOut.Write "Please enter your password:"

strPassword = objPassword.GetPassword()
Wscript.Echo
Wscript.Echo "Your password is: " & strPassword
     

Not all Windows versions ship with a ScriptPW.Password object. If not, there is a way to do this with IE. Let us know. 8-)