Attaching two gbde partitions with the same password

[R. W.]

On Tuesday 07 September 2004 09:23, Allan Fields wrote:
> Add lines below to the examples (in case $pass hangs around.)
>
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 04:09:41AM -0400, Allan Fields wrote:
> > The only issue with reading in passwords from a shell script is to
> > not echo to the tty.  There are ways around this problem such as:
> >
> > In bash you can use:
> >  read -esp "Enter passphrase: " pass
> >  gbde attach $dev -l $lck -p $pass
>
>   gbde attach $dev2 -l $lck2 -p $pass
>  pass=`head -c1024 /dev/urandom`; unset pass
>
> > otherwise:
> >  tmp=`stty -g`; stty -echo
> >  read -p "Enter passphrase: " pass
> >         echo; stty $tmp
> >  gbde attach $dev -l $lck -p $pass
>
>  gbde attach $dev2 -l $lck2 -p $pass
>  pass=`head -c1024 /dev/urandom`; unset pass
>
> > You could put this into your rc.early or something similarly early
> > in the boot sequence if it suits your needs.  (For security reasons
> > passing the passphrase on the command line should be done before
> > going multiuser.)

Thanks for your help.

If I'm the only user, and I have no remote access enabled, do I gain 
much by attaching before going multiuser? 

>  pass=`head -c1024 /dev/urandom`; unset pass

I don't think this line works as intended. I had a quick look at the 
bash source, and it looks as if it allocates memory for the new string, 
and frees the old one.