From: Jens Panse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> I changed the Database Manager Password and the Database Administrator
> Password, but now I'm confused about the usage of the passwords:
> Using dbmcli a password consisting of letters can be input without any
> apostrophes or quotes. Do I use any digit or special 
> character I have to put the password into apostrophes or double quotes.
> What I want to know is: Are digits and special characters valid
> characters to create a password? Do I use apostrophes or double quotes
> correctly?

You may use digits and special characters. But be carefully on
special characters. Some shells evaluate the special characters 
before the application (e.g. the $, %, ") and you have to
quote them to send them as they are to the application itself.
This is a little bit difficult to type at the command line 
and there are differences between the shells.

> The password of a database user can be input in double 
> quotes, with it I can use more then just letters and extended letters 
> while creating a password. This is not specified explicitly. May this 
> lead to trouble?

The double qoutes at a database users password make the password 
case sensitive. But (e.g.) the DBMServer command can not work with 
this passwords. So for the Database Administrator please do not use 
double quotes.

Passwords of database manager operators are always case insensitiv 
and the double quotes may become part of the password.

Bernd
-- 
SAP Labs Berlin
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