Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 18:22:42 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Mysqldump password issue Message-ID: <200810051822.42644.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <48E51A66.7050507@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <48E500EC.9010100@gmail.com> <48E51A66.7050507@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thursday 02 October 2008 21:00:54 Matthew Seaman wrote: > Andrei Brezan wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I wanna do a > > mysqldump -u user -ppasswd --all-databases > backup.sql > > > > and all I get is > > mysqldump: No match. > > > > This happens either i put --all-databases or I specify any of the > > databases. I want to do a backup as user root, that's why I use > > all-databases opt. > > > > If I use the command: > > mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases >backup.sql > > I get the password prompt, I type the passwd and everythig works great. > > It seems that there is a problem with -p, i've tried --password with > > same result. > > > > If anyone has any ideea please let me know about it. > > I mention that i use Freebsd 7_0 and mysql 5.0.67 > > My guess is that the password (which you've obviously elided) contains > characters of syntactic significance to the shell. Any of the following > will lead to wailing and gnashing of teeth: > > * ? [ < > & ; ! | $ Since I'm writing a parser currently that unescapes make(1)'s :Q modifier, I can tell you: \ ( ) # ~ { } ] " ' belong in the same gnashing category. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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