read bash?

[Auke Kok]

Jan Eidtmann wrote:
> hello,
> 
> im having a problem...
> the cmd
>     run_with_msg "Opening device /dev/sdb1:\n" 
> "/sbin/cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdb1 sdb1_c"
> 
> works fine alone (in /etc/init.d/mount), it prompts for a 
> password as it should.  enculapsed in this while-loop it 
> stops working
> 
> sed 's/#.*$//g' /etc/crypttab | tr '\t' ' ' | grep -v -e 
> '^$' | while read DEVICE MAPPING
> do stuff and stuff and
> run_with_msg "Opening device $DEVICE:\n" "/sbin/cryptsetup 
> luksOpen $DEVICE $MAPPING"
> done
> 
> that is, i guess, because "read" is used before and 
> cryptsetup cant get the input from the keyboard or 
> something- so...either i dont use read in the while-loop or 
> i "reset" the read thing "somehow". but how? :>

you can't prompt for a password during the init process. period. not allowed. 
doesn't work. won't ever work.

Auke