simple boot password

[jpeps]

Prompts for password at bootup. Put script name on first line of /etc/profile.local, and script in PATH. Edit "mypassword"

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#!/bin/sh

### Prompts for Password; loops until correct
###  Runs once, during startup. Run from /etc/profile.local 

PASS="mypassword"

[ -f /tmp/passlock ] && exit

while [ ! "$x" = "$PASS" ]; do
 echo "password:" 
stty -echo     # hide typing
 read ans  
 x="$ans"  
stty echo   # turn back on 
done

touch /tmp/passlock