Otherwise you could turn off exp_internal before reading the password 
and then turn it on again afterwards.

Regards,
Mark

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Expect] Clear passwords in exp_internal
From: Jeff Hobbs <jeffh@[...].com> 
To: Yaron Peryanty <yaronp@[...].com> 
CC: expect@[...].com
Date: 2008-02-25 21:08
>  Yaron Peryanty wrote:
>    
> > I am using TCL and Expect 5.8.3.
> >
> > As part of my script I am using Expect debugging mechanism exp_internal.
> >
> > The problem is that clear passwords are also written to log file created 
> > by the exp_internal which is a security problem for my users.
> >
> > Do you have any idea how to hide passwords in the log file of exp_internal?
> >     
> 
>  You would have to do a post-processing step on the file that is created. 
>    Expect doesn't have any built-in filtering for that internal debugging 
>  output.
> 
>  Jeff
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