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