Comment 6 for bug 363153

I'd doubt the actual bug is the python handling. To start out, you
need to figure out which place (of those I listed) is causing the
trouble. Then, look closer at the underlying code to see if the
underlying code is the trouble.

On 04/27/2009, Nick Fox <email address hidden> wrote:
> This doesnt appear that it would provide the expectetd result. You are
> tacking the "" into the user password rather than wrapping it in it. I would
> think that anywhere that uses the self.passwd would need to wrapped in "".
> This is the similar thing I changed in the VNC handler.
>
> -Nick
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:45 PM, barney_1 <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Looking at the problem it seems that user input strings (ie: passwords)
>> need to be encapsulated in double quotes in order to protect special
>> characters like ampersands (&).
>>
>> For instance, I'm looking in the ubiquity package source code:
>> scripts/mythbuntu/mythbuntu-install.py and we see the password read in:
>>
>> self.passwd=self.db.get('passwd/user-password')
>>
>> Subsequently, self.passwd is then passed in several functions throughout
>> the script. Can't this be protected if we change the readin of the
>> password to include double quotes? For example:
>>
>> self.passwd='\"'+self.db.get('passwd/user-password')+'\"'
>>
>> Is this the concept correct, and if so, how do I test the ubiquity
>> package after making the changes?
>>
>> --
>> Mythbuntu Install hangs at 90% due to & in password
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363153
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>
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> Mythbuntu Install hangs at 90% due to & in password
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363153
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