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Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:17:55 -0500
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Hide password in script
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Hey guys,
I have a script that has to remotely do admin tasks on a Mac workstation.  To that end, the shell script command string in the script has the secret password for the admin account in plain text.  Is there anyway to hide this (other than locking the script)?

Many thanks,
Bob R.

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