On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:05:28 +0200 Mauro Stettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2005/9/12, Mauro Stettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2005/9/12, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > im writing a perlscript which should be able to create a cryptoloop > > > > onto a device. the console command to do this is losetup /dev/loo0 > > > > /dev/sdb1 -e twofish-256, then i am asked for a password... the > > > > problem is, this password is requested by the function getpass(), i > > > > don't know how i can enter it from a perl script. > > > > > > > > it seems to only listen to the keyboard, how can i enter the password > > > > from a script? > > > > > > That is a security feature that requires the program input/output be > > > connected > > > to a TTY (terminal). To do what you want from perl you have to connect > > > the > > > program to a pseudo TTY. You must read the message from Mr Krahn, > > > perldoc Expect > now i found the module IO::Pty from cpan. with that i should be able > to create a pseudo tty, but i don't really know how to handle it. > > this didn't work: > > > use IO::Pty; > Go and read the perl documentation for Expect perldoc Expect Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
