mysql-server debconf password

[David Dreezer]

I'm using several $ characters in my password without escaping them in the debconf file. Did you try that?


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On Jan 17, 2011, at 2:15 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote:

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