This code stores passswords in an (encrypted) script. >echo "Pd1eXapMJk0XAJnNSIzE" | losetup -p 0 -e AES128 /dev/loop6 /dev/hda666 >echo "D0aZNSNnu6FdAph+zrHt" | losetup -p 0 -e AES128 /dev/loop4 /dev/hdd666 > If using bash on Linux, I would want to set export HISTFILE="" first, so as not to leave a record of the passwords. Even better, put a similar line in .bashrc. There may be other risks with this method. Regards, John Green _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/