How to pass passwords to bash scripts?

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I'm finding the following command very tedious to type in all the time, so I created a one line bash script called mount.bash with the following contents:

mount -t cifs //mark/C\$ -o unc=//mark\\C$,ip=10.1.1.33,user=Administrator,password=$1 /mnt/mark

I don't like the fact that I have to put my password on the command line. What can I do to to prompt for $1 if it is not provided on the command line and echo "*"'s instead of the actual characters being typed?

Thanks,
Siegfried

2

stty -echo
read PASSWD
stty echo
echo $PASSWD

3

Unforunately, it appears that the linux distribution (openwrt) on my linksys router does not have the stty command.

It is still good to know, however.
Thanks,
Siegfrieed

4

interesting...... you have 'linux' running on the linksys router?

5

I also have linux running on my linksys NAS controller.

6

thanks for the link - I must have been comatosed for the last couple of years.