On 8/8/06, J Moore <jaymo@cullmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 10:51:02PM -0700, the unit calling itself Kian Mohageri wrote:
> > >
> > Have you tried escaping the $ char to make sure the shell doesn't interpret
> > it?
> >
> > V\$B14xVu
>
> Yes - sorry I failed to mention that... esc'ing the $ does get by, but
> I've just never ever heard of having to escape a password... does that
> seem logical? shouldn't it at least be documented?

It's perfectly logical, though it is a bit strange. I've never heard
of a password with a $ in it though.

To be sure, you can just always quote the password with single quotes.
This will prevent the shell from interpreting the $ specially.

-Nick