Plaintext password storage.

[lachlankidson]

getpass.getpass returns the password as plain text, source below (Windows implementation)

def win_getpass(prompt='Password: ', stream=None):
    """Prompt for password with echo off, using Windows getch()."""
    if sys.stdin is not sys.__stdin__:
        return fallback_getpass(prompt, stream)
    for c in prompt:
        msvcrt.putwch(c)
    pw = ""
    while 1:
        c = msvcrt.getwch()
        if c == '\\r' or c == '\\n'
            break
        if c == '\\003':
            raise KeyboardInterrupt
        if c == '\\b':
            pw = pw[:-1]
        else:
            pw = pw + c
    msvcrt.putwch('\\r')
    msvcrt.putwch('\\n')
    return pw

A more secure practice would be to use the system's keyring to store credentials.

[billcccheng]

Will try to integrate this when I get time. Thanks for the suggestion!!!