[Jython-dev] Using Jython 2.5's getpass module

[Mark G. <mar...@ya...>]

Hi everyone,

I recently downloaded Jython 2.5 (we were on 2.1 for the longest time) and was pleasantly surprised to find the inclusion of Python’s getpass module.  When I try to utilize this module, however, I get the ”Warning: Problem with getpass. Passwords may be echoed.“ error.  I believe that this is happening because a native dll library is not getting loaded properly.  I think that when one installs Python, the msvcr7.dll (I’m using Windows XP) library gets installed and automagically linked, but this does not appear to be the case with Jython.  Thus, how do I get getpass to work with Jython 2.5 (assuming that Python is not available)?

Thanks in advance,
Mark Gruman