On Sunday 30 November 2003 06:42, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hello, > > I've always avoided the # character, because I read in a book way > back when I first got into Unix that you shouldn't use this > character. Recently, a friend had issues logging in via KDM using a > password with a # in it, that worked fine elsewhere.
Ctrl-C is also one not to use/try. Back in the old days passwd accepted Ctrl-C on Solaris for a real password, but login also nicely accepted the command and was killed ;-) Don't know how the "support" for Ctrl-C is taken care of now a days, but don't test is on root ;-) Hans
