You may not be using eval, but it's possible that Authen::Smb::authen() is doing something odd with the values.

It's also possible that the system has set up policies that restrict the use of specific characters. (most directory systems do, so that you can set more restrictive character sets, because some of the systems that authenticate off of them may have problems with characters ... for instance, '#' and '+++' could get you into problems depending on how you're connecting to the system)

I've never used Authen::Smb, so I don't know if there's a way to tell from the error messages generated (if there are any -- you just said the infamous 'didn't work') if you can tell what type of error it actually was (something caused at the client side, or the server side) ... eg, does $authResult have any extra info in it?

In reply to Re^2: Special Characters in Passwords by jhourcle
in thread Special Characters in Passwords by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.