Hey there, cazzuey here and I would like to see a plugin that hides passwords as you type them in. The thing is I have a brother who at one point used world edit and almost accidentally set nearly half the world in stone brick, luckily his error was so huge that the world just shut completely shut down and there was no damage done. There have been many incidents like this in the past, though not so big. I told him he cannot use worldedit but constantly still uses it, so I requested he make his own account on my server, again he refused, so I decided to change my password for my account, I use Cauth. Now, whenever I go on he either puts a screen recorder which I cannot see on or sneaks up behind me to see the pass. Please help, A plugin like this would be greatly appreciated . Thanks, cazzuey
Any command you type into the chatbox is client side, until you send it. This would be impossible to change with a plugin.
not without a custom client. As junkboy said this is a clientside matter, this can not be changed by the server as you are asking edit: But even so he would likely just put a key logger which would bypass the fact that there are astrics and show him the password anyways (just saying because of how your brother sounds)
It can be possible to make such a client mod, but if your password is "12345" and you typ it. But then you get this problem:
well in theory you could setup the client to parse everything you type to see if it starts with /password for example and then anything after that will be displayed as * but the actual value could get stored I imagine (granted this is out of my league either way)
Basically, this wouldn't be possible without a somewhat complicated client side mod. You could make your life a lot easier though. Just log out of your account on the computer when you aren't there, so he won't be able to turn on any screen recorders without your knowledge. Then all you have to do is make sure he isn't behind you when you type in your password.
even if it was he would likely do what i mentioned, which would be put a keylogger on the computer and then even if it was blurred he would get the password
ok well as we have been saying this can not be done as a plugin. Plugins affect the server behavior, and what you are asking for is all client side stuff. Someone may make this with the spoutcraft api for a custom spout client mod, however I'm not even sure if it could be done with just a spout client mod and not a full blown custom client. (bolded for emphases)
Let me make this a little clearer... So you want a plugin that can do this. Plugins are used only on servers which means they will have absolutely no effect at all on anything else you do in your program. They take effect once you join a server with the plugin installed. They will do absolutely nothing at all until you are in a server. What you are looking for is a client mod and by client, I mean the program you use, not the server you play on. You can find these all over www.minecraftforum.net and a few other places. I recommend searching there. Also, before you start minecraft, type 'ctrl+alt+delete' and go to the task manager, then close Hypercam if it is open. EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.
Everyone always forgets about the wonderful spout Spout has a method called setPasswordField() within the GenericTextField class. This does turn typed letters into *'s. So someone could create a plugin that stores players and their passwords in a config. When people join it would check the config for their name, if not contained, ask them to set a password, else have them type their password in. If it matches, close the popup and they can continue on playing the game.
Gotta think outside the box But ya, only issue with the way I suggested is everyone on the server would need spout for it to work, which would make it pretty ineffective for most servers lol
Verify your antivirus' exception, or install an other one. Don't forget to protect it with a password !
If my brother was sneaking up behind me when I was typing out a password, I would turn around and falcon punch him between the eyes so he wouldn't do it again. I suggest trying this, it would also add an immediate blurring to any other passwords you type, as he probably wouldn't be able to see for a few days. Please get back to me on how my method works out for you.