Hi Vishal,

I'm able to use '&%&s#m' as password and able to run prpcUtils successfully. 

- What error you are getting in the logs ?

- What is the PRPC version that you are on?

- What is the DB that you are on ?

I'm on PRPC 7.3.1 and oracle DB.

Thanks,

Venkat

I get a SAX parser exception saying that & is not a valid character. We are using 7.1.8 and Postgresql db. Are you using a key ring for your password implementation?

     [java] Located PegaRULES logging configuration: file:/local/pega/temp/PegaInstallTemp-29-December-2018-01.18.07/load/WEB-INF/classes/prlogging.xml

     [java] Found spec for PegaRULES (V5.x) configuration using System property: /local/pega/temp/PegaInstallTemp-29-December-2018-01.18.07/prconfig.xml

     [java] Located PegaRULES (V5.x) configuration: file:/local/pega/temp/PegaInstallTemp-29-December-2018-01.18.07/prconfig.xml

     [java] 2018-12-29 01:18:14,167 [                main] [          ] [                    ] (     basic.config.ConfigReader) ERROR   - Error processing prconfig.xml file.  File may be malformed.

     [java] org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 15; columnNumber: 66; The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference.

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:400)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:327)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1472)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.scanAttributeValue(XMLScanner.java:908)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanAttribute(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:447)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:250)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2784)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:602)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:112)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:505)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:842)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:771)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:643)

     [java]     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:327)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.ConfigReader.doParse(ConfigReader.java:246)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.ConfigReader.getConfig(ConfigReader.java:226)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.SettingsImpl._loadConfig_privact(SettingsImpl.java:587)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.SettingsImpl.initialize(SettingsImpl.java:268)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.SettingsImpl.<init>(SettingsImpl.java:226)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.basic.config.SettingsImpl.<clinit>(SettingsImpl.java:229)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.exec.internal.PRExecProviderImpl.getSettings(PRExecProviderImpl.java:583)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.data.internal.dictionary.ClassMapImpl.<clinit>(ClassMapImpl.java:594)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.data.internal.PRDataProviderImpl.initialize(PRDataProviderImpl.java:532)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.common.PREngineProvider.<clinit>(PREngineProvider.java:167)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.deploy.external.util.ImportUtility.<clinit>(ImportUtility.java:60)

     [java]     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

     [java]     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)

     [java]     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

     [java]     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.internal.bootstrap.PRBootstrap.invokeMethod(PRBootstrap.java:367)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.internal.bootstrap.PRBootstrap.invokeMethodPropagatingThrowable(PRBootstrap.java:408)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.boot.internal.extbridge.AppServerBridgeToPega.invokeMethodPropagatingThrowable(AppServerBridgeToPega.java:223)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.boot.internal.extbridge.AppServerBridgeToPega.invokeMethod(AppServerBridgeToPega.java:272)

     [java]     at com.pega.pegarules.pub.PegaRULES.main(PegaRULES.java:85)

I still haven't gotten a valid answer. I'm following up with a SR currently for this.