# DISCOURSE\_DB\_PASSWORD can not start with \`#\`

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409 "2017-12-19T09:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![SimonWu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simonwu/32/85036_2.png) [@SimonWu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SimonWu)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409/1 "2017-12-19T09:16:58Z")

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Even you quote the password as DISCOURSE\_DB\_PASSWORD=“#XXXXX”. You can pass `db:rake`.  
But you will meet with `fe_sendauth: no password supplied` error when starting the discourse container.

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