Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu> (28/07/2008):
> if [ "$password" != "$confirm" ] ; then
>
> If I'm not mistaken, whenever a user inputs a password containing
> characters like a double quote ("), the script may fail to properly
> manage such a password.
I suspect you didn't even try.
| # Matching double quotes first.
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ a='"miaou"'
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ b='"miaaa"'
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ echo $a
| "miaou"
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ echo $b
| "miaaa"
|| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ if [ "$a" != "$b" ] ; then echo You fail. ; fi
| You fail.
| # Unbalanced double quote.
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ a='"miaou'
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ echo $a
| "miaou
| kibi@cyril-ksrv32:~$ if [ "$a" != "$b" ] ; then echo You fail. ; fi
| You fail.
Of course, same behaviour within a shell script rather than in an
interactive shell.
Yes, you are mistaken.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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