From the hdiutil man page: > -stdinpass read a null-terminated passphrase from standard > input. If > the standard input is a tty, the passphrase > will be read > with readpassphrase(3). -stdinpass replaces - > passphrase > though the latter is still supported for > compatibility. > Beware that the password will contain any > newlines before > the NULL. See the EXAMPLES section. So I assume you could do something like this: do shell script "echo MyPassword | hdiutil -stdinpass -other -options" Daniel On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote: > Is there anyway to pass an authentication password with HDIUTIL > using the do shell script call? > > I'm running into a bit of an issue with automating this activity > and not having to sit here and enter passwords. > > Regards, > > Chuck