Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 95990 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2011 16:03:09 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 12 Apr 2011 16:03:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 9902 invoked by uid 500); 12 Apr 2011 16:03:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 9636 invoked by uid 500); 12 Apr 2011 16:03:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list users@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 9627 invoked by uid 99); 12 Apr 2011 16:03:05 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:03:05 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of dckerber@verizon.net designates 206.46.173.11 as permitted sender) Received: from [206.46.173.11] (HELO vms173011pub.verizon.net) (206.46.173.11) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:02:56 +0000 Received: from [172.17.47.42] ([unknown] [216.41.111.254]) by vms173011.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LJJ00K3TR7YT145@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> for users@tomcat.apache.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:02:23 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <4DA4778E.4020608@verizon.net> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:02:22 -0400 From: David kerber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-version: 1.0 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat manager fails and can't tell why. References: <4DA46852.2080709@ice-sa.com> <4DA46AC6.3090309@verizon.net> <4DA46FA1.5080703@verizon.net> <4DA47530.6030702@christopherschultz.net> In-reply-to: <4DA47530.6030702@christopherschultz.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 4/12/2011 11:52 AM, Christopher Schultz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > David, > > On 4/12/2011 11:28 AM, David kerber wrote: >> On 4/12/2011 11:17 AM, Yucca Nel wrote: >>> Indeed :D, >>> >>> Seems to be an issue when I add an ampersand to the password! >> >> That doesn't surprise me a bit. I don't think I've run into any >> password system that will accept that character, though I guess there >> must be some since you're using it. > > Our password system takes that character. Anything you can fit into a > UTF-8 code point, we'll take. Actually, we don't even care about the > encoding. We'll take up to 4096 characters of whatever you want to send > to us and use it. None of this "8 character maximum" bullshit. > > Why would you think that "&" would be some kind of verboten character > for a password? Because of its uses in windows as a special character (triggering the underline), and in browsers for marking request parameters. I would be glad to be wrong, though... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org