The aim of this activity is to create a password authentication feature using a while loop. You have been asked to add a simple password authentication feature for a prototype that your team is setting up. One of your team members has advised the use of a while loop. Create a script called main.py. Define input("Enter your name: ") as the name, Pas$Word as the password, and the Boolean variable first. Initiate the while loop and for the password ask for the user's input. Validate the password. If the password is correct, print "Welcome back, name". If the validation fails return an error and print the message "Incorrect password, try again...". Run the script in the terminal using the command python3 main.py. The output should be as shown in Snippet 3.32: python3 main.py Enter your name: Josh Enter your password: Pas$Word Welcome back, Josh   python3 main.py Enter your name: Josh Enter your password: none Incorrect password, try again... Enter your password:

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The aim of this activity is to create a password authentication feature using a while loop.

You have been asked to add a simple password authentication feature for a prototype that your team is setting up. One of your team members has advised the use of a while loop.

  1. Create a script called main.py.

  2. Define input("Enter your name: ") as the name, Pas$Word as the password, and the Boolean variable first.

  3. Initiate the while loop and for the password ask for the user's input.

  4. Validate the password. If the password is correct, print "Welcome back, name". If the validation fails return an error and print the message "Incorrect password, try again...".

  5. Run the script in the terminal using the command python3 main.py.

The output should be as shown in Snippet 3.32:

python3 main.py
Enter your name: Josh
Enter your password: Pas$Word
Welcome back, Josh
 
python3 main.py
Enter your name: Josh
Enter your password: none
Incorrect password, try again...
Enter your password:

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