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I would like a program that would exist on my flash drive that, when run, would

  • open an encrypted disk image with a stored password
  • then change the password to a random number
  • store it for using it the next time

Can this be done?

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  • As this is related to your previous question, I edited out the part about what you are asking here.
    – slhck
    Commented Jul 29, 2011 at 10:26
  • This will be fun once storing the password fails for some reason.
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Commented Jul 29, 2011 at 10:45

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If you know shell script, you can write s simple program that does that. Use hdiutil to change an encrypted disk password:

hdiutil chpass [image_name]

It will interactively ask you for your previous password and new password so you have to use some pipes or maybe expect. To generate a random number, echo $RANDOM should do. To store the passwords you can use a simple text file, if you don't mind keeping it unprotected.

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  • It's not a tube, it's a pipe. hdiutil expects that you enter your passwords manually. If you want to automate this process you should use expect. Take a look at some Wikipedia examples: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect#Examples
    – nmat
    Commented Jul 30, 2011 at 3:27
  • Actually, there are options -oldstdinpass and -newstdinpass that allow passing in the passwords via stdin on two lines, as in (echo "oldpw"; echo "newpw") | hdiutil <img>.
    – Coroos
    Commented Oct 19, 2016 at 7:58

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