ipython/ipython — Issue #854: getpass broken in qtconsole
Author: airdrik
Created: 2011-10-10 22:31:39+00:00
State: open

In ipython 11 qtconsole (on Ubuntu 10.04), if you ran it from a console, then getpass will use the original console for input and output (display the prompt on stdin, take the prompt from stdout); if you ran it from a shortcut, then getpass will display a warning that password input may be echoed, display the prompt to the qtconsole window and block for input from stdin, with the only way to exit being to use ctrl+c.

Expected behavior:

calling getpass will display the prompt, then any characters you type in (until you hit enter) will be captured as its return value, which characters will not be echoed anywhere.