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There's no issue with the assignment to PASSWD. There is an issue with the assignment to AUTHGROUP.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2018-11-12 15:12:47 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 15:12
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@Kusalananda : I’m pretty sure assignment of a string containing ! to a variable without proper quotes wouldn’t work

Inian
– Inian

2018-11-12 15:30:49 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 15:30
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There is no issue with this in a non-interactive script since history expansion wouldn't be triggered. There are other good reasons for quoting the password though, as it may contain characters from $IFS, which would make for different problems (the same as in the assignment to AUTHGROUP).

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2018-11-12 15:32:32 +00:00
Commented Nov 12, 2018 at 15:32

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