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[Mario Limonciello <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed
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
requirements for backporting. See
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information.

The backend code has been converted to be more shell safe.
If you find that this information is invalid, please re-open this bug.

** 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!