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?
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Mythbuntu Install hangs at 90% due to & in password
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363153
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