When enabled, allows masking passwords that may appear in the console.

Passwords to be masked can be defined at two levels.

First, it is possible to select in Hudson's/Jenkins' configuration screen the build parameters whose value must be masked. For example, selecting the Password Parameter type is a good idea.

Second, on a per job basis (that is, in the current configuration screen), passwords to be masked can be defined as Name/Password pairs:

• Password is aimed at containing a password to be masked from the console. Empty and blank values are not allowed (e.g. " ", etc.). This field is ciphered. This field can not contain variables, they won't be expanded.
• If Name is set, then a build variable will be defined accordingly. This allows accessing the password by using the variable rather than hard-coding it in a field which is not ciphered (e.g. the ones of the Invoke Ant or Execute shell build steps).