Can someone modify this program plzzzz help................

Question

hi i am building a small application n i need ur help . I want to take password from console in hidden format.
as i am not a good programmer plzzzz dont advice to use passwordfield or Jpasswordfield or setEcho or setEchoChar as i hav tried it .....as i am taking input from console...... if its possible plzzzzz help me
here is the code
import java.io.*;
class login
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
          String name,password1="",password2="",login1="",login2="";
          char ch12[]=new char[40];
          File f=new File("PASSWORD.txt");
          BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          if((f.exists())==true)
          System.out.println("Enter User name");
     name=br.readLine();
     System.out.println("ENTER THE PASSWORD");
     password1=br.readLine();
     login1=name+":~"+password1;
          else
System.out.println("WELCOME TO VOS FOR THE TIME PLZ ENTER THE USER NAME N PASSWORD");
System.out.println("Enter User name");
     name=br.readLine();
System.out.println("ENTER THE PASSWORD");
     password1=br.readLine();
System.out.println("plz CONFiRM THE ENTERED PASSWORD");
     password2=br.readLine();
while(!(password1.equals(password2)))
System.out.println("SORRY U HAVE Entered TWO DIFFERENT PASSWORDS");
System.out.println("plz ENTER THE PASSWORD again");
          password1=br.readLine();
System.out.println("plz CONFORM THE ENTERED PASSWORD");
     password2=br.readLine();
login1=name+":~"+password1;
byte ch[]=login1.getBytes();
     FileOutputStream out=new FileOutputStream(f);
     out.write(ch);
     out.close();
System.out.println("USER NAME AND PASSWORD IS SAVED");
     System.out.println("ENTER USERNAME AND PASSWORD TO LOGIN");
     System.out.println("Enter User name");
     name=br.readLine();
     System.out.println("ENTER THE PASSWORD");
     password1=br.readLine();
     login1=name+":~"+password1;
          FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(f);
          int x=fis.available();
          for(int i=0;i<x;i++)
          ch12=(char)fis.read();
          login2=login2+ch12[i];
     if(login1.equals(login2))
System.out.println("LOGIN IS SUCCCESSFUL");
else
     System.out.println("INCORRECT USER NAME OR PASSWORD");
do
System.out.println("AUTHENTICATION FAILS");
System.out.println("PLZ ENTER THE USER NAME AGAIN");
     name=br.readLine();
System.out.println("PLZ ENTER THE PASSWORD AGAIN");
password1=br.readLine();
login1=name+":~"+password1;
          if(login1.equals(login2))
System.out.println("LOGIN IS SUCCESSFUL");
          while(!(login1.equals(login2)));
Message was edited by:
omerali0527

Answer 1

You need the latest JDK for this:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Console.html
look at the readPassword() method.
Next time please
- use code tags (http://forum.java.sun.com/help.jspa?sec=formatting);
- stop using that silly sms-language (plz = please, u = you, n = and).
Thanks