J Moore wrote:
As I was inching my way along, testing as I go, I noticed something odd.
/usr/local/sbin/testsaslauthd -u user -p password
This test worked on the first user id and pw I tried, so I assumed
saslauthd was working correctly. Later, while troubleshooting a stubborn
issue, I tried it with another userid and password, and got the
following result:
B14xVu: Undefined variable.
where "B14xVu" is a fragment of the password. The full password was:
V$B14xVu
So, you entered:
/usr/local/sbin/testsaslauthd -u <username> -p V$B14xVu
, which was subject to parameter substitution.
This is how most, if not all, shells work.
I would guess you're using bash, so
man bash
would be a good idea.
Look for "parameter substitution".
/Alexander
