I can type & and @ character in graphical login screen. If the original reported was talking about the terminal I think this bug won't be fixed. I'm closing this bug.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- login does not accept @ (at) and # (hash) characters https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/64299 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs