allow escape characters in password

cgi-bin/webnotes/model/db_schema.py

@@ -357,8 +357,11 @@ class DbManager:
 		mysql_path = getattr(webnotes.defs, 'mysql_path', None)
 		mysql = mysql_path and os.path.join(mysql_path, 'mysql') or 'mysql'
 		
+		from webnotes.utils import make_esc
+		esc = make_esc('$ ')
+		
 		try:
-			ret = os.system("%s -u root -p%s %s < %s"%(mysql, root_password.replace(" ", "\ "), target.replace("$", "\$"), source))
+			ret = os.system("%s -u root -p%s %s < %s"%(mysql, esc(root_password), esc(target), source))
 		except Exception,e:
 			raise e
 

cgi-bin/webnotes/utils/__init__.py

@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ def get_file_timestamp(fn):
 		else:
 			return None
 
-
+def make_esc(esc_chars):
+	"""
+		Function generator for Escaping special characters
+	"""
+	return lambda s: ''.join(['\\' + c if c in esc_chars else c for c in s])