hdiutil prompting for password

[dilig0]

I need to use hdiutil create command line to create .dmg within a script.
A popup asks me to enter my password.

I would like to skip this step which breaks the execution of the script and automation of the dmg generation.

How to skip the password prompting or pre-enter my password so that the script can execute without any action from any user.

Thanks

 

[Hal Itosis]

I need to use hdiutil create command line to create .dmg within a script.
A popup asks me to enter my password.

I would like to skip this step which breaks the execution of the script and automation of the dmg generation.

How to skip the password prompting or pre-enter my password so that the script can execute without any action from any user.

As per the man page... we use the -stdinpass option, and pipe the text string into the command itself:

printf 'passwordGoesHere' |hdiutil create -encryption -stdinpass <other options> nameOfImage.dmg