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How to safely put user typed password into a file?
Is there any way to put the password typed by user into a file (either in Unix or in expect).
read -s -p "enter password" input
echo $input > file
Is the above code safe?
I want to use that ...
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How to take 'password' like input in shell script? [duplicate]
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How to hide commands typed in a Linux shell?
Reading passwords without showing on screen in Bash Scripts
I would like to take a password as input, but I want user to ...
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Shell script to become root
How can we write a shell script to become root?
That is I donot want to input the password at prompt it should be within the script itself. I was trying to make but failed to do so.Is it possible, if ...
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Validate AIX Password for root from script
Looking for a way in a shell script to validate the password for for root on an (AIX) matches a standardized plain text password. This query is similar to another one on this site. I have access to ...
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Validate Password for user account from shell script
Application is for a multiple server standardization script
Looking for a way in a shell script to check if the password for an OS account (AIX) matches a standardized plain text password.
The ...
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Using rsync in a cronjob when a password is needed
Basically I have a bash script that fetches data from my server to perform a backup.
As it is now I have to start that script manually, enter the password, and then wait for it to finish.
I would ...
