Actually, it is not only the space character. I think dbconfig-common should make sure that passwords are escaped properly. However, phpmyadmin could add quotes to the config template, and only quotes would be a problem in the password (but probably make it fail instead of using a truncated password.
Actually, it is not only the space character. I think dbconfig-common should make sure that passwords are escaped properly. However, phpmyadmin could add quotes to the config template, and only quotes would be a problem in the password (but probably make it fail instead of using a truncated password.