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Keychain Scripting (Was Re: Keeping a volume Mounted)
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Keychain Scripting (Was Re: Keeping a volume Mounted)


  • Subject: Keychain Scripting (Was Re: Keeping a volume Mounted)
  • From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 09:41:30 -0500

On 2/10/01, Sander Tekelenburg commented on "Re: Keeping a volume Mounted":

Note the possible security problems with storing a passphrase in a script...

On a somewhat related note...

I'm not concerned with security on my machine since I'm the only user, but I still use keychains because they are convenient.

With that in mind, I created a script to unlock my keychain. When run from Script Debugger or Scripter, it works. When saved as an application, it works. When saved as run-only (my feeble attempt to hide the password anyway), it breaks with the following error:

Could not run the script "Unlock KC" because the script is not editable (it was saved as run-only.). -1756

The other result of running the run-only version is that the Keychain Scripting app launches but is left running when the script fails. When running the script under all of the other conditions, Keychain Scripting does its deed and quits (the desired and anticipated behavior).

Here's the script:

tell application "Keychain Scripting"
unlock with password "myPW"
end tell

Any ideas why this breaks? I don't see any type of info coming back into the script as a result, but it seems like something along those lines is going on.

This isn't a big deal for me because I have something which unlocks the keychain automatically anyway. I was just mucking around and this is the result. <shrug>

FYI: OS 9.1, AppleScript 1.5.5, Keychain Scripting 2.2 (part of OS 9.1), latest versions of the editors, all security extensions enabled

Later,

Rob Jorgensen
Ohio, USA


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