Hi, just create a custom ~/.mytop file like follows (see perldoc mytop for more information):
werner@debian:~$ cat ~/.mytop user=youruser pass=my#password host=localhost And your ~/.my.cnf remains: [client] password="my#password" mytop and the mysql client are working this way. Thanks, Werner Am 21/11/2016 um 17:39 schrieb Matthew Hawker: > Package: mytop > Version: 1.9.1-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > The mysql client allows values in .my.cnf to be quoted, while mytop > understands quotes around the values in the file as being part of the value. > As a result, there is no way to write .my.cnf in a way that'll allow hash > symbols (#) in passwords. > > For example, this works in mysql but fails in mytop: > > [client] > password="my#password" > > However, this works in mytop but fails in mysql: > > [client] > password=my#password > > Thanks and best regards, > > Matt > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 8.6 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-45-pve (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) > > Versions of packages mytop depends on: > ii libconfig-inifiles-perl 2.83-3 > ii libdbd-mysql-perl 4.028-2+deb8u2 > ii libdbi-perl 1.631-3+b1 > ii libterm-readkey-perl 2.32-1+b1 > ii perl 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 > > Versions of packages mytop recommends: > ii perl [libtime-hires-perl] 5.20.2-3+deb8u6 > > mytop suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information >
