mysql-server debconf password

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:15:36 +0100, Natxo Asenjo <natxo.asenjo at gmail.com> said:

    > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:31 PM, David Dreezer <dave at socialstrata.com> wrote:

    >> In $FAI/config/debconf/YOURCLASS
    >> 
    >> mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password myrootpassword
    >> mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password myrootpassword

    > just another question about this:

    > is it possible to escape a '$' or '#'in the password field? If I try
    > with a '\' in front of those, it does not work.

    > Just curious, this is no show stopper, I can change the passwords with
    > cfengine later.
I just reviewd the FAI code. It just uses
debconf-set-selections < $filename
So no special tratment of the content from the FAI point of view. If $
and # can be added (or should be escaped) is decided by the
debconf-set-selections command itself. 
-- 
regards Thomas