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in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Lucid Lynx. It won't be
fixed in previous versions of Ubuntu because the package doesn't fit the
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** Changed in: mythbuntu
Status: New => Fix Released
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Ampersand in password a problem in multiple areas
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363502
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Fix Released
Bug description:
Using ampersands in passwords seems to be a problem in multiple areas.
Mythbuntu 9.04 Beta:
Using an ampersand as a mythconverg password caused my encoder card not to load
on reboot. I posted a thread concerning this here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1129315
Further troubleshooting shows an error in parsing
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml:
2009-04-18 15:32:14.165 Configuration::Load - Error parsing:
/home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml at line: 7 column: 32
2009-04-18 15:32:14.226 Configuration::Load - Error Msg: error occurred while
parsing reference
This corresponds to the password line of the xml file. My password is
displayed correctly, but not enclosed in quotes (as I think it would need to be
to pass the & as string and not a command).
I used sudo dpkg-reconfigure mythtv-common to change the password. I then
manually changed mythtv users password in mysql and this fixed the problem.
I did, however, run into this bug in mythweb as a result:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/221532
Furthermore, yesterday I encountered another & related bug and reported it:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/363153
I have previously reported a similar problem:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/241402
It seems password handling may have a systemic problem in this package.
portion of mythbackend.log attached. Thanks!
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