[4924] Can´t install SMF2 RC 1.1 with passwords containing special characters

[McFly]

If the password for ftp contains special characters, it is not possible to chmod by the installation routine.

If the password for mySQL contains special characters, they´re stored in the "Settings.php" with a backslash before them. Further it is not possible to create an admin-account.

Mc Fly

[SleePy]

By special characters, I assume you meant things like ' " \ < >

[McFly]

By special characters, I assume you meant things like ' " \ < >

Yes! Like that!

Mc Fly

[McFly]

Any solutions yet?

Mc Fly

[Norv]

Sorry for the delay on this.
If you can please tell, does it still happen in RC3?

[emanuele]

Yes, this is still valid on SMF 2.0.1.

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$_POST['password3']
is kept escaped, while it should not be. stripslashes should do the trick.

Sorry, can't track it right now, will do later unless someone else is faster...

[emanuele]

commit ad054ff1601b7a761bf44c0bacdd4c4215213d3a
Author: emanuele
Date:   Sun May 27 2012

    [install] passwords should not be escaped [Bug 4924]

I'm still not sure why we escape everything else, but...it works, let's not break it.