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authorDario Lombardo <lomato@gmail.com>2016-01-18 12:01:14 +0100
committerRoland Knall <rknall@gmail.com>2016-01-18 15:04:33 +0000
commitff033c6a2fb7a6286e66b6ed89e24ea4c6cd22c9 (patch)
treebab0bf4c3077a1f36ec4dce13f864525096a814d /doc/README.extcap
parent36cd1959d313862216c58a0765d75758c8715b1d (diff)
extcap: add masked to options.
This allows an option to be masked (like a password), by using the argument-type password. Change-Id: I2eae1be2e6672bff28ba5f749d7a3f687ebd4631 Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/13385 Reviewed-by: Dario Lombardo <lomato@gmail.com> Petri-Dish: Roland Knall <rknall@gmail.com> Tested-by: Petri Dish Buildbot <buildbot-no-reply@wireshark.org> Reviewed-by: Roland Knall <rknall@gmail.com>
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@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ These options do have types, for which the following types are being supported:
the user input for validity beyond normal data type or range checks. Back-slashes
must be escaped (as in \\b for \b)
+ * PASSWORD - Let the user provide a masked string to the capture
+
+ arg {number=0}{call=--password}{display=The user password}{tooltip=The password for the connection}{type=password}
+
* BOOLEAN,BOOLFLAG - this provides the possibility to set a true/false value.
BOOLFLAG values will only appear in the command-line if set to true, otherwise they
will not be added to the command-line call for the extcap interface