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Bug 712298

Summary: Kickstart can not parse ftp password containing "#"
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Petr Ruzicka <pruzicka>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.1CC: mhomolov, mosvald
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2011-06-13 10:43:12 UTC Type: ---
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Anaconda debug files from /tmp/
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Anaconda Error (screenshot) none

Description Petr Ruzicka 2011-06-10 07:49:37 UTC 
Created attachment 504037 [details]
Anaconda debug files from /tmp/

Description of problem:

I'm using the following parameter to get the installation tree:

url --url ftp://test:redhat123\#@pruzicka.usersys.redhat.com/RHEL6.1-20110510.1-Server-x86_64-DVD1

I can see in the Wireshark the installer got the *.img files successfully, but then I got the error attached as a screenshot.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL 6.1

How reproducible:
Use the kickstart file with something like
url --url ftp://user:password\#@host/

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use the kickstart file with something like
url --url ftp://user:password\#@host/
2. Use this kickstart...
  
Actual results:
I got the error (see the attached screenshot)

Expected results:
Installation should continue without the error and should be successful. 

Additional info:
See the attachments...
Comment 1 Petr Ruzicka 2011-06-10 07:50:47 UTC 
Created attachment 504038 [details]
Anaconda Error (screenshot)
Comment 3 Petr Ruzicka 2011-06-13 10:42:38 UTC 
Hello.

The solution is to use ASCII Hex

url --url ftp://user:password%23@host/

Closing...

Petr Ruzicka