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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!nntp.msstate.edu!Ra.MsState.Edu!aak2 From: aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How would you do this ? Date: 14 Aug 1995 07:09:03 -0500 Organization: Mississippi State University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <aak2.808401125@Ra.MsState.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) This isn't a BSD specific question, so please forgive me for posting it here. I couldn't think of a more appropriate place to post it. I need to start a small program everytime the machine boots. The program needs me to enter a password when I start it. Here is a sample session : % start-my-program Please type security password : xxxxxx Program successfully started I put the command "start-my-program" in file /etc/rc.local but don't know how to autmate enternig the password. I can't be near the machine and remember to enter the password everytime it reboots. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Atif Khan aak2@ra.msstate.edu