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BUG: ¬ character in password crashes VM on reboot [message #69428] Sat, 25 July 2009 08:42 Go to next message
bliss is currently offline bliss  United Kingdom
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I have found a bug with HyperVM.

It seems if you put in none standard characters in your password then it gives a python error.

For example the password Q¬@~d4/w43-+* wont work. Once the password was changed to this then the client lost the vps on the next reboot.

After changing the xen config file manually then rebooting this fixed the problem.

So just for reference it did not like the ¬ character.

Regards

Jane

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Re: BUG: ¬ character in password crashes VM on reboot [message #69446 is a reply to message #69428] Sat, 25 July 2009 16:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LxCenter_Danny is currently offline LxCenter_Danny  Netherlands
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bliss wrote on Sat, 25 July 2009 14:42
I have found a bug with HyperVM.

It seems if you put in none standard characters in your password then it gives a python error.

For example the password Q¬@~d4/w43-+* wont work. Once the password was changed to this then the client lost the vps on the next reboot.

After changing the xen config file manually then rebooting this fixed the problem.

So just for reference it did not like the ¬ character.

Regards

Jane




Just dont use exotic chars. A lot software have problems with that. Even unix/linux accounts.

Just use the ASCII table and avoid even command chars like | (pipe), escape chars like \.

Not all software uses errortrapping on weird chars (yes its bad tho).

But when time is there, it can be fixed.

Also, for example a lot more chars are allowed to create a filename on linux.
So when you want ftp or copy with other tools that file to windows, it will be denied by windows.



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Re: BUG: ¬ character in password crashes VM on reboot [message #69901 is a reply to message #69446] Mon, 10 August 2009 08:01 Go to previous message
bliss is currently offline bliss  United Kingdom
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NetTuningGroup wrote on Sat, 25 July 2009 21:11
bliss wrote on Sat, 25 July 2009 14:42
I have found a bug with HyperVM.

It seems if you put in none standard characters in your password then it gives a python error.

For example the password Q¬@~d4/w43-+* wont work. Once the password was changed to this then the client lost the vps on the next reboot.

After changing the xen config file manually then rebooting this fixed the problem.

So just for reference it did not like the ¬ character.

Regards

Jane





We dont use exotic characters, but one of our clients changed their password to this.

I was just informing you, I knew the solution.

Regards

Jane

Just dont use exotic chars. A lot software have problems with that. Even unix/linux accounts.

Just use the ASCII table and avoid even command chars like | (pipe), escape chars like \.

Not all software uses errortrapping on weird chars (yes its bad tho).

But when time is there, it can be fixed.

Also, for example a lot more chars are allowed to create a filename on linux.
So when you want ftp or copy with other tools that file to windows, it will be denied by windows.

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