Adding a network password entry to login keychain via applescript

a couple of points:

on Snow Leopard (I haven't looked at my Lion partition yet) security as an add-internet-password command. Is this not what you're looking for?

also, you need to decide whether you are writing a shell script or an applescript - constant use of do shell script is ugly code and introduces a lot of opportunities for breakage. Both shell scripts and applescripts are fine, but trying to do both is a headache in the making.

the applescript version looks like this:

set MyName to short user name of (system info)

set ThePassword to ""

set A4 to "Y009P001"

set A3 to "Y009P002"

try

set ThePassword to text returned of (display dialog "Please re-enter your password to connect to Shared Folders, and Printers." default answer "" with hidden answer)

tell application "Keychain Scripting"

set newKey to make new Internet key with properties {name:"SMB password 1 for some org", account:MyName, service:A4, password:ThePassword, protocol:SMB}

set newKey to make new Internet key with properties {name:"SMB password 2 for some org", account:MyName, service:A3, password:ThePassword, protocol:SMB}

end tell

mount volume "smb://MYDOMAIN;" & MyName & ":" & ThePassword & "@nas-w403" & "/" & MyName

mount volume "smb://MYDOMAIN;" & MyName & ":" & ThePassword & "@staffwx/staffcommon"

end try

To make it a shell script write it as a shell script and run the display dialog command through osascript.

Well, it's not a completely sound idea to import old utility apps into a new OS - results can be unpredictable. sorry, I hadn't realized that the new Keychain app (Keychain Access) dropped the applescript dictionary entirely. Apple developers needing a head-smacking...

at any rate, if it works, it works. but either way, I think you're overthinking this. the 'kind' field is just a text field. in unix you specify its contents with the -D option

-D 'network password'

in Keychain Scripting use the description property:

set newKey to make new Internet key with properties {..., description:"network password"}

add staffwx to the server key (-s staffwx in unix, the server:"staffwx" property in keychain scripting). You've looked at the applescript dictionary, right?

derm, you're starting to perplex me. are you reading the man page at all? the 'name' attribute defaults to the 'where' attribute unless you set it using the 'label' key (-l option). I also don't understand why the backslash is getting thrown into the mix (a " & "\\" & MyName) - do all your account names begin with backslashes?

at any rate, try something like this (and note the changes: multi-line string build so it's easier to see where errors creep in, avoiding variables except where they are strictly needed. these things make debugging do shell script much easier).

set cmd to "security add-internet-password"

set cmd to cmd & " -a " & myname

set cmd to cmd & " -l 'staff server'"

set cmd to cmd & " -s staffwx"

set cmd to cmd & " -r 'smb '"

set cmd to cmd & " -w " & ThePassword

set cmd to cmd & " -D 'network password'"

set cmd to cmd & " -A"

do shell scriptcmd