Keychain Access from a Shell.sh Script
Jan 17, 2007
Here’s a useful snippet to enable you to securely store passwords in OS X’s keychain and use them in a shell script.
#!/bin/bash
PASSWORD=\`exec osascript <<EOF | tr "\\r" "\\n"
(\*
To use the Keychain to store the admin password then
Open /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app
Add a new keychain called "TM"
Add a Key with the name "test" and store your password in it.
I'd recommend learning how keychains work then tailoring
the process to your security needs.
\*)
tell application "Keychain Scripting"
set myKeyChain to keychain "TM.keychain"
set theKeyList to every key of myKeyChain
set thePassword to ""
repeat with x from 1 to (length of theKeyList)
set theKey to item x of theKeyList
if the name of theKey is "test" then
set thePassword to password of theKey
\--exit repeat leaves us without
\--a value returned to the shell script...
end if
end repeat
end tell
EOF\`
echo "$PASSWORD"
exit 0;
Download: Update: As of Leopard it is now possible to do this via the command line tool security