Using special characters (Mac operating systems)

On Mac endpoint machines, you can use the following special characters within your password:

> < * ? ! [ ] ~ ` ' " ; ( ) & # \ $

If you include special characters in your password, you must enclose the password in single quotation marks when you type the password into the command line prompt. Otherwise, the operating system interprets the special character as a command and the password does not work.

• Correct: 'MyPa$$word1!'
  • Password contains special characters and is properly quoted.
• Incorrect: MyPa$$word1!
  • Password contains special characters and is not properly quoted.

When you type the password into a field on a screen (like the package builder) or web page (like the Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway Portal), you should not enclose the password in single quotation marks.