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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Bash script prompt for sudo password? Post 302312519 by xbin on Friday 1st of May 2009 04:05:09 PM
Old 05-01-2009
Try this code:

Code:
sudo -p "Please enter you admin password: " whoami 1>/dev/null && {sudo whoami;sudo whoami;whoami;sudo -k}

Let sudo do the work instead of doubling the effort. Note if the user fails to type their correct admin password or is not an admin user nothing else will run. Each command run as root must be preference with sudo. sudo -k will remove the timestamp so no other sudo commands will run without authentication.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OSX

softwareupdate

softwareupdate(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					 softwareupdate(8)

NAME

     softwareupdate -- system software update tool

SYNOPSIS

     softwareupdate command [args ...]

DESCRIPTION

     Software Update checks for new and updated versions of your software based on information about your computer and current software.

     Invoke softwareupdate by specifying a command followed by zero or more args.

     softwareupdate requires admin authentication for all commands except --list.  If you run softwareupdate as a normal admin user, you will be
     prompted for a password where required. Alternatively, you can run softwareupdate as root and avoid all further authentication prompts.

     The following commands are available:

     -l | --list
		 List all available updates.

     -i | --install
		 Each update specified by args is downloaded and installed.  args can be one of the following:

		 -r | --recommended
			     All updates that are recommended for your system. These are prefixed with a * character in the --list output.

		 -a | --all  All updates that are applicable to your system, including those non-recommended ones, which are prefixed with a -
			     character in the --list output. (Non-recommended updates are uncommon in any case.)

		 item ...    One or more specified updates. The --list output shows the item names you can specify here, prefixed by the * or -
			     characters. See EXAMPLES.

     -d | --download
		 Each update specified by args is downloaded but not installed. The values of args are the same as for the --install command.
		 Updates downloaded with --download can be subsequently installed with --install, or through the App Store (as long as they remain
		 applicable to your system).  Updates are downloaded to /Library/Updates, but are not designed to be installed by double-clicking
		 the packages in that directory: always use --install or the App Store to actually perform the install.

     --ignore identifier ...
		 Manages the per-machine list of ignored updates. The identifier is the first part of the item name (before the dash and version
		 number) that is shown by --list.  See EXAMPLES.

     --reset-ignored
		 Clears the per-machine list of ignored updates.

     --schedule on | off
		 Manages the per-machine automatic (background) check preference.

     -h | --help
		 Print command usage.

EXAMPLES

     The following examples are shown as given to the shell:

     softwareupdate --list

	   Software Update Tool
	   Copyright 2002-2012 Apple Inc.

	   Finding available software
	   Software Update found the following new or updated software:
	      * MacBookAirEFIUpdate2.4-2.4
		   MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update (2.4), 3817K [recommended] [restart]
	      * ProAppsQTCodecs-1.0
		   ProApps QuickTime codecs (1.0), 968K [recommended]
	      * JavaForOSX-1.0
		   Java for OS X 2012-005 (1.0), 65288K [recommended]

     sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0

	   Software Update Tool
	   Copyright 2002-2012 Apple Inc.

	   Finding available software

	   Downloading Java for OS X 2012-005
	   Downloaded Java for OS X 2012-005
	   Installing Java for OS X 2012-005
	   Done with Java for OS X 2012-005
	   Done.

     sudo softwareupdate --ignore JavaForOSX

	   Ignored updates:
	   (JavaForOSX)

     sudo softwareupdate --schedule

	   Automatic check is on

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