Description:
If a password on the server includes special characters such as # or !, mysqlaccess cannot connect to the server.
How to repeat:
shell> mysql -uroot -p
Enter password:
mysql> set password=password('aaa###');
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
shell> mysqlaccess mikiya test -Uroot -P
mysqlaccess Version 2.06, 20 Dec 2000
By RUG-AIV, by Yves Carlier (Yves.Carlier@rug.ac.be)
Changes by Steve Harvey (sgh@vex.net)
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Unknown option: Uroot
Password for MySQL superuser :
Sorry,
An error occured when trying to connect to the database
with the grant-tables:
* Maybe YOU do not have READ-access to this database?
* If you used the -U option, you may have supplied an invalid username?
for the superuser?
* If you used the -U option, it may be possible you have to supply
a superuser-password to, with the -P option?
* If you used the -P option, you may have supplied an invalid password?
Suggested fix:
nada