01-21-2011
Bash answer prompt
I am working with a script to simplyfy some operations where I work, but one of the programs needs me to enter a password.
It will as me "Please enter the administrator password:"
Is there a way to make a bash script to automatically answer the question with the needed password?
I am looking at either have the password in clear text directly in the script, or read the script from a file only readable by a certain user.
I know, none of them are "secure" as the password prompt is there to create security, but the security is not really needed for us, right now it's more a bother to us.
I have been trying with things such as:
# program remove -Uadmin < /home/user/passwd_file
or as another suggestion was:
# yes password | program remove -Uadmin
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