Help Typing in Terminal.app

[MacHacker24]

I am building an applescript that edits a macs hosts file. Below is what i have so far. But the part in red and underlined is not working, I Cant get it to type the earlier entered password to enter in terminal when the sudo command asks for a password.



-------Begin Script-------

set example to "Installation Has Been Canceled"

display alert "This installation will block communications between the adobe servers and all your Adobe Products CS5.5 and earlier. This should not be used to pirate Adobe Products. User assumes all blame for any leagal repercussions. To continue, please press OK. Otherwise, Press Cancel." buttons {"Cancel Installation", "I Agree"}
set theAnswer to button returned of the result
if theAnswer is "I Agree" then
tell application "Terminal"
do script " sudo nano /private/etc/hosts"
end tell
display alert "Terminal will need an administrator password to complete the instalation. Would you still like to continue?" buttons {"Cancel Installation", "OK"}
display dialog "Type your password below, and click OK." default answer ""
set thepassword to text returned of the result
tell application "Terminal"
do script keystroke thepassword
end tell
else
do shell script "/usr/bin/say " & quoted form of example & " &> /dev/null &"
display alert example

end if

------End Script------

[DeltaMac]

You won't see your password as you type it in the terminal.
How do you know that the password is not being entered?
Do you get an error as a result?

[acme.mail.order]

Quote: Originally Posted by MacHacker24 do script " sudo nano /private/etc/hosts"

You don't script nano - it's an interactive editor.

It appears that all you want to do is add one line to /etc/hosts. You do this with the append function.

And you never bother with flinging around the user's (or admin's) password - let the OS handle it.

do shell script "echo '127.0.0.1 adobe.com' >> /private/etc/hosts" with administrator privileges

[MacHacker24]

Yes, there was an error saying it cant keystroke the variable "thePassword"
Thanks for the help guys.

Do you know of any good resources to learn applescript?

[NovaScotian]

The error is that do script expects a string. Your line should read:

do script "keystroke " & thepassword

but the other comments apply -- let the system look after that.