[mrtg] Re: !'s in passwords killing cfgmaker process

[Tim Kennedy]

Mark,

try escaping your !.  

# cfgmaker pAssWoRd\!@172.16.2.2 > routerlocation.cfg

You may have to do that with some special characters.  (! * & ;)

-Tim

On Mon Feb 19, 2001 at 11:19:20AM -0600, mark smith wrote:
> 
> Howdy all. I have an issue I'm curious if anyone else has 
> encountered or worked around...
> # cfgmaker pAssWoRd!@172.16.2.2 > routerlocation.cfg 
> Just seems to get me: 
> @172.16.2.2: Event not found.
> 
> Seems the ! is taking out the rest of the command somehow. I 
> have a whole mess of devices to add, so I'm hoping I won't have to 
> write nor edit the .cfg files by 'hand'...
> 
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark Smith
> 
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