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Date:      Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:54:16 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 294781] bsdinstall: setting a root password containing backslashes does not work
Message-ID:  <bug-294781-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=294781

            Bug ID: 294781
           Summary: bsdinstall: setting a root password containing
                    backslashes does not work
           Product: Base System
           Version: 15.0-STABLE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: khorben@FreeBSD.org

The `rootpass` bsdinstall script escapes backslashes when reading parsing the
output of bsddialog(1). They should be taken verbatim instead, as the resulting
password set does not match the user's intended input.

A fix is known and already prepared.

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