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Bug 695802 - imap-auth-login: Escape backslashes in passwords
imap-auth-login: Escape backslashes in passwords
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-online-accounts
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.7.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Online Accounts maintainer(s)
GNOME Online Accounts maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-13 20:35 UTC by Debarshi Ray
Modified: 2013-03-19 15:47 UTC
See Also:
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Attachments
imap-auth-login: Escape backslashes in passwords (2.68 KB, patch)
2013-03-13 20:37 UTC, Debarshi Ray 		committed Details | Review

Description Debarshi Ray 2013-03-13 20:35:32 UTC 
IMAP's LOGIN authentication mechanism does not like backslashes embedded in passwords. They should be escaped as '\\'.
Comment 1 Debarshi Ray 2013-03-13 20:37:43 UTC 
Created attachment 238817 [details] [review]
imap-auth-login: Escape backslashes in passwords
Comment 2 Mathieu Bridon 2013-03-14 03:41:04 UTC 
I have a backslash in my IMAP/SMTP password, and this patch fixes the problem for me.

Thanks Debarshi!
Comment 3 Debarshi Ray 2013-03-14 12:10:58 UTC 
Thanks for all the testing.