$ not allowed in passwords...

[vdjan]

FYI: Looks like $ is not allowed in the password, unfortunatly it doesn't tell this during install.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by vdjan

FYI: Looks like $ is not allowed in the password, unfortunatly it doesn't tell this during install.

Yes it is, it works for me with a $ in the password. How about some details other than 'it doesn't work'?

[dkarp]

Originally Posted by vdjan

FYI: Looks like $ is not allowed in the password, unfortunatly it doesn't tell this during install.

Which password? Which version of Zimbra?

[vdjan]

Using Zimbra 4.5.1 on openSUSE 10.2.

During install given the password CVO$Lokeren, got no complaints.
Tried to logon later on the admin console -> login failed

Set the password again to CVO$Lokeren -> unknown account (?)
Created a new admin account, with the password CVO$Lokeren -> password to short
Created a new account with the password CVOLokeren -> no complaints
Logged on to the admin console -> no problem, logon successful

So I concluded that Zimbra doesn't support the $ sign...

[phoenix]

Well, on my system it works - I have 4.5.1 on CentOS4.4. I've only tried doing this through the Admin UI not the command line.

Can you try creating a test admin account via the UI then see if you can set the password to your value in there.

[DVan]

Confirmed the same issue here on our installation of 4.5.3 if the password is set via the commandline zmprov tool with a $ in it the password doesn't work. This probably works fine via the UI. Although it is quite a pain to update X number of passwords via the UI.

[peter@mxtoolbox.com]

If you want to set it with zmprov you need to enclose the password in 'quotes' if it has a $, or the shell will try to interpret it as a variable.