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2682687 - saphostctrl command failed with "Error: Command execution failed. Database user authentication failed" due to special characters in password

Symptom

The SAP Host Agent command saphostctrl with option -dboption User=<user name> -dboption password=<password> failed with below error when using special characters like "$","#","@",".", in the  password.

Error: Command execution failed. : Database user authentication failed......


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Environment

  • Unix, Linux, Windows
  • SAP Host Agent

Keywords

Command execution failed, authentication failed, saphostctrl, Host Agent, Solman, solution manager, Outside Discovery, FRUN , KBA , BC-CCM-HAG , Host Agent , How To

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