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shams

04-27-2017 12:58 AM

how to pass password to bash prompt in script?

Hi,
This is a bash script, encfs mount the encrypted dir and asking for the password i created this script to pass the password to the prompt, but it is not working and still asking for the password:

Code:

echo "pass_here" | encfs ~/.crypt ~/dcrypt

I also tried the

Code:

echo -e "pass_here"

This is my home pc and no secrtiy risk is there.

ondoho

04-27-2017 01:12 AM

does encfs support password input in this way?
maybe 'man encfs' can give answers.

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