Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 04:23:11 -0400 From: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca> To: "R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Attaching two gbde partitions with the same password Message-ID: <20040907082311.GI34157@afields.ca> In-Reply-To: <20040907080941.GH34157@afields.ca> References: <200409050234.13571.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <20040907080941.GH34157@afields.ca>
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Add lines below to the examples (in case $pass hangs around.) On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 04:09:41AM -0400, Allan Fields wrote: > The only issue with reading in passwords from a shell script is to > not echo to the tty. There are ways around this problem such as: > > In bash you can use: > read -esp "Enter passphrase: " pass > gbde attach $dev -l $lck -p $pass gbde attach $dev2 -l $lck2 -p $pass pass=`head -c1024 /dev/urandom`; unset pass > > otherwise: > tmp=`stty -g`; stty -echo > read -p "Enter passphrase: " pass > echo; stty $tmp > gbde attach $dev -l $lck -p $pass gbde attach $dev2 -l $lck2 -p $pass pass=`head -c1024 /dev/urandom`; unset pass > > You could put this into your rc.early or something similarly early > in the boot sequence if it suits your needs. (For security reasons > passing the passphrase on the command line should be done before > going multiuser.) -- Allan Fields, AFRSL - http://afields.ca 2D4F 6806 D307 0889 6125 C31D F745 0D72 39B4 5541
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