On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:49:13PM +0800, Arne Goetje wrote: > However, I don't know how to do that in the script (normal shell script) > and I don't find any documentation. Can anyone help me or point me to some > documentation on how to set variables through a user interface with a > password dialog? The common configuration system for Debian packages is called "debconf". Install debconf-doc if you need information on using it.