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

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [19 ديسمبر 2017، 9:16ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409 "2017-12-19T09:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [19 ديسمبر 2017، 10:26م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-db-password-can-not-start-with/76409/2 "2017-12-19T22:26:45Z")

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Can you give an exact reproduction of the problem, as in, all the steps you took to make the problem occur? It seems like there’s a lack-of-quoting problem going on in the guts somewhere, but without knowing everything you’re doing, it’ll be a lot harder to find it.

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