Clear password after typing it

Hello, first I want to say that I am no coder, I only know a few lines of code, please respect it.

I play on my server with friends and I wanted to password protect my computer. I did it very simple:

print("Password:")
input = io.read()
if input == "password" then
print("Password accepted")
else
os.shutdown()
end

The problem is that other people see my password after I typed it. I want to have a clean page without my password showing. Is it possible? If yes, how does the code have to look like?

Try changing input = io.read() to:

local input = read("*")

and see if that helps.

When I changed it to
local input = read("*")
It didn't work anymore

Edit:
Oh it worked! Thanks so much. I forgot to remove io.

from what I can see from this, your password is "password"

Try the following code:

term.clear()  -- this clears the screen, so no text is on screen

term.setCursorPos(1,1)  -- this sets the cursor to line 1, char 1. aka top right

write("Password: ")  -- this will type "Password: " on the screen, and set the cursor to the end of the line.

password = yourpasswordhere -- this sets the variable "password" to "yourpasswordhere" You can change it to what you like.

input = read("*")  -- this sets the variable "input" to whatever you type, but exchanged for the * symbol. Stops others viewing what you type.

if input = password then --  this means if the variable "input" matches the variable "password" it will do the following lines of code

term.clear() -- cleans the screen. not needed just makes it tidier.

term.setCursorPos(1,1) -- again not needed but neatens things.

print "Welcome" -- this types "welcome" to your screen and starts a new line ready for input. you can change "welcome" to whatever you like.

else --  this is saying " if none of the previous requirments have been fulfilled, then do the next line(s) of code.

os.reboot() -- This restarts your pc.

end --  this tells the program that your last argument is closed.

After you get this to work, take a loot at removing ctrl + T functions, and you can have a pretty secure password system!