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Old 08-04-2006
How to pass passwords to bash scripts?
I'm finding the following command very tedious to type in all the time, so I created a one line bash script called mount.bash with the following contents:

mount -t cifs //mark/C\$ -o unc=//mark\\C$,ip=10.1.1.33,user=Administrator,password=$1 /mnt/mark

I don't like the fact that I have to put my password on the command line. What can I do to to prompt for $1 if it is not provided on the command line and echo "*"'s instead of the actual characters being typed?

Thanks,
Siegfried
# 2  
Old 08-04-2006
stty -echo
read PASSWD
stty echo
echo $PASSWD
# 3  
Old 08-04-2006
stty does not work
Unforunately, it appears that the linux distribution (openwrt) on my linksys router does not have the stty command.

It is still good to know, however.
Thanks,
Siegfrieed
# 4  
Old 08-04-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by siegfried
Unforunately, it appears that the linux distribution (openwrt) on my linksys router does not have the stty command.

It is still good to know, however.
Thanks,
Siegfrieed
interesting...... you have 'linux' running on the linksys router?
# 5  
Old 08-04-2006
Linksys routers and linux
http://forum.openwrt.org/

I also have linux running on my linksys NAS controller.
# 6  
Old 08-04-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by siegfried
http://forum.openwrt.org/

I also have linux running on my linksys NAS controller.
thanks for the link - I must have been comatosed for the last couple of years.
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