[BusyBox] Httpd authentication characters

[Jim Bauer]

On Tuesday 01 March 2005 20:04, Roy Walker wrote:
> It would seem that using a "$" in the password causes the 
authentication
> to break.  Here is an example:
>  
> echo "/:test:"`httpd -m "te$t"` >> /etc/httpd.conf
>  
> Will give me a httpd.conf line like so:
>  
> /:test:$1$$8wjzFBFlPDcSmG//6b1ej0
>  
> At login prompt in a browser the login and password are not accepted.

Did you try "te" as the password?

The "$t" in "tes$t" is being interperted as a variable.  Try single 
quotes.