Password prompt in unix w/o \b

c/c++ newbie is trying to improve the c++ classes by, well, making them more c++ized. C seems easier to me but that's no reason to not learn c++.

Yes, I looked at the faqs & did a search (web & local) before posting this. Doing a print char erase char sequence for a password prompt, like in the faq just rubs me wrong. Here's what I've got but it's so very c & I was wondering if there is a more natural c++ized way of doing this.

Code:

//#############################################################################
// Password = Prompt for same (password is always 16 chars in class)
//#############################################################################
void DB::Password(char* pass) throw (TerminalError){
    struct termios ttyinit; //Term info before noecho for password prompt
    struct termios ttynew;  //Used to set noecho for password prompt
    FILE*  ttyin;           //Redirect input  to the terminal
    FILE*  ttyout;          //Redirect output to the terminal

    //=========================================================================
    // Need to redirect i/o to the terminal for this prompt
    //=========================================================================
    ttyin  = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
    ttyout = fopen("/dev/tty", "w");
    if (!ttyin || !ttyout){
        if (ttyin)  fclose(ttyin);
        if (ttyout) fclose(ttyout);
        throw TerminalError();
    }

    //=========================================================================
    // Need to save old terminal settings & then set up NOECHO
    //=========================================================================
    tcgetattr(fileno(ttyin), &ttyinit);
    ttynew = ttyinit;
    ttynew.c_lflag &= ~ECHO;

    //=========================================================================
    // Now prompt for the SQL password
    //=========================================================================
    fprintf(ttyout, "Enter SQL password: ");
    fflush(ttyout);
    if (tcsetattr(fileno(ttyin), TCSAFLUSH, &ttynew)) throw TerminalError();
    fgets(pass, 16, ttyin);
    for (int i = 0; pass[i] && i < 16; i++) if (pass[i] == '\n') pass[i] = 0;
    tcsetattr(fileno(ttyin), TCSANOW, &ttyinit);
    fprintf(ttyout, "\n");

    fclose(ttyin);
    fclose(ttyout);
}

OK ignore what the code tags did to my comments

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that this function existed. However, when I do a man on this (linux) it says...

DESCRIPTION
This function is obsolete. Do not use it.

And then lists lots of weird behaivors like not obeying control-c etc. Being a newbie I tend to heed these warnings more than Senior Member may because you know better which rules to break than I. I will however test this function & see how it differs from and improves upon my hand rolled one.

The bottom line is that it's not critical to change, infact, the ability to leverage my meager C abilities is a nice springboard into C++.

I thought I'd try & see if there might be a stream method for turning off the echo that was poorly documented or something. No luck.

Thanks again