Make a password protected bash script resist/refuse “bash -x” when the password is given
I want to give my long scripts to customer. The customer must not be able to read the scripts even if he has the password. The following command locks and unlocks the script but the set +x is simply ignored.
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I want to give to customer a script that he can run by entering a password. The customer must not be able to see the code via cat/vim/bash -x. To counter the "bash -x" we can use set +x in the beginning of the script but it does not work for the password protected script. we run bash -x script.secure, put the password and we see the commands even if the script starts with set +x
Hi All,
I want to make my script password protected.
i e: if somebody runs my script it should prompt for password.
Can somebody help me in to execute the same??
Thanks in Advance :b: (11 Replies)
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if ]; then
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#!/bin/bash
#
blabla
blabla
blabla
blabla
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