Bug#664976: debian-edu-config: installer hang during debian-edu-profile run at the end
[Petter Reinholdtsen]
> I was told on IRC by the bug reporter, bammes, that his installation
> worked when he did not use characters like * and # in the password.
I tried different variations without triggering in the hang (like
foo#bar and foo*bar), until I tried '*#secret'. The *# combination at
the start causes the hang.
The reason is that /usr/share/debian-edu-config/d-i/pre-pkgsel passes
on the password but cut it short before #, and thus only * is passed
on as the password. This in turn get shell expanded when the password
is used without quotes. I've uploaded code to add quotes to
squeeze-test, but the problem with # is unsolved. I hope this will
avoid the hang. It will still set the wrong password. :(
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
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