Problem with character "&" as password attribute in RME

[jklootwijk]

I am having trouble using the "&" character in passwords for devices on the RME server. Telnet itself works fine, but when I change the device attribute for the telnet password in RME, the check result reports INCORRECT.

I have exported the inventory to a CSV file and saw that RME adds a "\" in front of the "&" character. So the password now reads ****\&***.

Other characters like !@$ seem to work fine.

Does anybody has seen this behavior before or knows how to work around this problem.

I am using RME 3.5 with IDU 12.0 on a W2K server.

TIA

[#2]

Some of the special characters cannot be used in passwords. That is the reason you run into problems when you use them in passwords. This is a limitation on the RME. So the workaround for your problem is to replace all the passwords with "&" character with some other password.

[srego4 · Accepted solution]

there is a bug in CW.. I had a similar problem with Ciscoview (while exporting devices from RME) due to the use of such special characters. Contact TAC and ask them for a fix. Note: they do not have the "&" char in their "do not use" special characters anywhere in their documentation... so go after them and ask them to fix it.

[jklootwijk]

Thank you for your reply. For a moment I thought I was the only one with this problem.

I will contact TAC as you mentioned.