password with special characters gives syntax error

[DFF-fred]

I have all kinds of random password containing characters such as "(" or others. The "(" gives me this error:
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token (' sh: -c: line 0: mysqldump db -h localhost --port 3307 -u user -pr!(7!)fGtlo% | gzip > ~/backups/files//db_date-01.sql.bz2'
Other passwords have generated failed backups with unclear error messages. I've updated line 151 of backup_db.php from:
$params[] = '-p'.$this->_db_passwd;
to:
$params[] = "-p'".$this->_db_passwd."'";
and it seems to be now working for me.

I'll look into the recent secure password addition fix as well.. thank you.

[lysender]

Hmm, escaping parameters. I haven't really considered that when I wrote this script several years ago. Will review and see if I can implement it quick.