[Bug 130289] Re: Encode any ":", "@" or "/" within the user and password field in proxy settings.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

the following updated patch has been applied upstream to gnome-terminal 
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-terminal/commit/?id=f0720f921f3e06e5773ac378fa6da78b9329972a

Thanks to Behdad Esfahbod

** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) => (unassigned)

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Encode any ":", "@" or "/" within the user and password field in proxy settings.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130289
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Status in GNOME Terminal: Unknown
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “gnome-terminal” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed
Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “apt” package in Debian: Unknown

Bug description:
Binary package hint: synaptic

I'm not very familiar with the long term proxy strategy in ubuntu, so it is kind of obvious for me that an "@" sign in the password will not work for the variable:
http_proxy=http://user:p@ssword@server:9080

maybe you need quotes in order to parse that

It is not clear to me though when I type the password into a password field as I had to do it for the synaptic proxy settings.
I was using such a password ever since. No problem for firefox or other browsers.

In this case synaptic reveals even parts of my password in the error message.

I changed my password, but I guess this needs to be changed. Just wanted to let you know. Hope it helps.