shell script without password

Question

I am executing following steps to mount my server and copy the files. But it interrupts for password. How can I do it automatic ?

sudo apt install cifs-utils 

sudo mount -t cifs -o user=user.name //192.168.X.X/BAfolder  /media

cp -r /media/BAfolder/* /home/techy/Documents/files/

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 23 '16 at 13:53

Save the password in a file with highly restricted permissions in a restricted folder that only you can access. Cat the file out and pipe the output to sudo -S instead of plain sudo.

cat <folder>/file.secret | sudo -S mount -t cifs -o user=user.name //192.168.1.21/BAfolder  /media

store the password in a shell variable export password=X and then echo it

echo $password' | sudo -S mount -t cifs -o user=user.name //192.168.1.21/BAfolder /media

shell script without password

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