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DRAFT KB-XXXX Errors with special characters in password.properties

Symptoms

There is an authentication error even after you have confirmed the password is correct

Cause

Appian special characters within Appian need to be escaped when used in the STMP password field in password.properties

Appian is aware that the character ',' needs to be escaped

Action

1) Try to escape the character with \\

2) Try to use a password without special characters

If there are multiple special characters do this

Affected Versions

This article applies to all Appian versions 17.3 and newer.

Last Reviewed: November 2018