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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Reading passwd and need to use it multple times when script asks Post 302445134 by raghu.iv85 on Saturday 14th of August 2010 04:12:50 AM
Old 08-14-2010
sorry for typo, yes,it's expect only and we don't have expect binaries in our Unix boxes and we can not get it also as it's restricted to use.

so is there any other way to pass the passwd?

I got an idea..
read the passwd in script before enter into the loop itself like below, and use that variable to pass passwd multiple times....

echo "Registry passwd:"
read passwd
#Here, i use this $passwd in loop to pass the passwd

but the issue is... when we enter the passwd while executing the script.. it's showing the passwd on the screen... but i dont want it to appear on the screen..

is there anyway to hide the passwd while passing it...?

Thanks in advance....
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

mkpwdict

mkpwdict(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      mkpwdict(1M)

NAME

       mkpwdict - maintain password-strength checking database

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/mkpwdict [-s dict1,... ,dictN]
	    [-d destination-path]

DESCRIPTION

       The mkpwdict command adds words to the dictionary-lookup database used by pam_authtok_check(5) and passwd(1).

       Files containing words to be added to the database can be specified on the command-line using the -s flag. These source files should have a
       single word per line, much like /usr/share/lib/dict/words.

       If -s is omitted, mkpwdict will use the value of DICTIONLIST specified in /etc/default/passwd (see passwd(1)).

       The database is created in the directory specified by the -d option. If this option is omitted, mkpwdict uses  the  value  of  DICTIONDBDIR
       specified in /etc/default/passwd (see passwd(1)). The default location is /var/passwd.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -s    Specifies a comma-separated list of files containing words to be added to the dictionary-lookup database.

       -d    Specifies the target location of the dictionary-database.

FILES

       /etc/default/passwd    See passwd(1).

       /var/passwd	      default destination directory

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5)

SunOS 5.11							    1 Jun 2004							      mkpwdict(1M)
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