unset -v input

#input="$(/usr/bin/osascript <<-'__HEREDOC__'
input="$(/usr/bin/osascript 2>/dev/null <<-'__HEREDOC__'
   with timeout of 300 seconds
      tell application "Finder"
--      tell application "System Events"
         activate
         set Input to display dialog "Please enter your password:" \
            with title "Password" \
            with icon caution \
            default answer "" \
            buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} \
            default button 2 \
            with hidden answer \
            giving up after 295
         return text returned of Input as string
      end tell
   end timeout
__HEREDOC__
)"

printf "%s\n" "${input}"


open -a 'Script Editor'

# copy & paste the following snippet into Script Editor 

with timeout of 300 seconds
	tell application "Finder"
		activate
		set Input to display dialog "Please enter your password:" with title "Password" with icon caution default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2 giving up after 295 with hidden answer
		return text returned of Input as string
	end tell
end timeout


#---------------------------------------


unset -v input name
#export name="$(/usr/bin/logname)"
export name="$(/usr/bin/whoami)"

input="$(/usr/bin/osascript 2>/dev/null <<-__HEREDOC__
   with timeout of 300 seconds
      tell application "Finder"
--      tell application "System Events"
         activate
         set my_name to "${name}"
         set my_pass to display dialog "Enter password for " & quoted form of my_name \
            with title "Login Window" \
            with icon note \
            default answer "" \
            buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} \
            default button 2 \
            with hidden answer \
            giving up after 295
            return text returned of my_pass as string
      end tell
   end timeout
__HEREDOC__
)"


printf "%s\n" "${input}"

export PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
export IFS=$' \t\n'

mkdir -p ~/Applications

ls -ld ~/Applications
stat -x ~/Applications

cd ~/Applications
curl -L -O http://www.bluem.net/files/Pashua.dmg
hdiutil mount Pashua.dmg
cp -R /Volumes/Pashua ~/Applications/Pashua
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/Pashua

cd ~/Applications/Pashua/Examples
cp -p example.sh example.sh.orig   # backup


# some in-place text editing commands to modify ~/Applications/Pashua/Examples/example.sh
# cf. http://bash-hackers.org/wiki/doku.php?id=howto:edit-ed

export FILE="${HOME}/Applications/Pashua/Examples/example.sh"

# replace #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash
/bin/ed -s "${FILE}" <<< $'1,1s|bin/sh|bin/bash|\nw'

# to set the encoding to UTF-8 we add: set -- test utf8
/bin/ed -s "${FILE}" <<< $',s|\(.*Manage encoding.*\)|set -- test utf8 # set $2 to "utf8"\\\n\\\n\\1|\nw'

# delete all lines after first regex match /conf="/
/bin/ed -s "${FILE}" <<< $'/conf="/;$d\nw'


# add the following configuration

/bin/cat >> "${FILE}" <<-'EOF'

conf="

# Set transparency: 0 is transparent, 1 is opaque
*.transparency=0.95

# Set window title
*.title = Login Window

*.x = 550
*.y = 300
*.autoclosetime = 300

name.type = textfield
name.label = Please enter your name:
name.width = 280
name.x = 0
name.y = 110

password.type = password
password.label = Please enter your password:
password.width = 280
password.x = 0          
password.y = 45        

# Add a cancel button with default label
cb.type = cancelbutton

";   # end conf


pashua_run "$conf"
#pashua_run "$conf" "utf8"   # alternative to "set -- test utf8" above


if [[ ${cb} -ne 0 ]]; then echo 'Login cancelled!'; exit 1; fi

printf "%s\n" "name = ${name}"

printf "%s\n" "${name}" | ruby -n -e 'p $_.to_s'

# the following command requires #!/bin/bash
# cf. http://www.lugbz.org/pipermail/lugbz-list/2006-December/016360.html
/bin/ed -s <((printf "%s\n" "${name}")) <<< $',l'   

printf "%s\n" "password = ${password}"
printf "%s\n" "cb = ${cb}"

#printf "%s\n" "${password}" | /usr/bin/sudo -S /bin/ls | /usr/bin/head -n 5

/sbin/md5 -qs "${password}"

EOF


# run the script
~/Applications/Pashua/Examples/example.sh

#!/bin/bash

# cf. Creating password prompts using Bash, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=269592

# For yet another example of how to use keys in shell scripts see:
# arrows - example how to use cursor keys in ksh scripts,
# http://www.shelldorado.com/scripts/quickies/arrows.txt


stty_orig=$(stty -g) 

# Init some stuff...
pass=''
blank='false'

# Main loop executed once for each char typed...
while [[ "$blank" != "true" ]]; do
   stty -icanon -echo
   c=$(dd bs=6 count=1 2> /dev/null)

   # Check for a CR.
   if [ -z "$(printf -- "$c" | tr -d "\r\n")" ]; then
      blank='true'
   else
      stty echo
      echo -n "*"
      pass="$pass$c"
      stty -echo
   fi
done

stty icanon echo

echo
printf -- "$pass\n"

stty "$stty_orig"

exit 0

mysql -h localhost -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('root-pwd') WHERE user='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT

rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr

#check last pwd change

1> use master
2> go
1> select name, pwdate from syslogins where name = 'wat'
2> go
 name                           pwdate                     
 ------------------------------ -------------------------- 
 wat                              Jul  3 2006 12:54PM 

(1 row affected)

#change pwd

sp_password   caller_passwd, new_passwd   [,   login_name  ] 
 - caller_passwd: old pwd
 - new_passwd
 - login_name: use only if you want to change other users pwd

passwd root

passwd admin

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby

require 'digest/md5'
require 'rubygems'
require 'highline/import'

CHARS = ("a".."z").to_a + ("A".."Z").to_a + (0..9).to_a + ["!","@","#","$","%","&",
"*","-","_","=","+",":","<",">",".",",","?","~"]

line = ask("enter your string: ") {|q| q.echo = false}

n = Digest::MD5.hexdigest("#{line}").hex

pass = []

while n > 0
  pass << CHARS[n.divmod(CHARS.size)[1]]
  n = n.divmod(CHARS.size)[0]
end

puts pass.to_s

albus:~ matt$ ./password.rb 
enter your string:  
6irO:B=5MFiOcb6Uv3ER