The problem with parentheses in the password (Special characters) is very severe

[eferbarn]

We have talked about the problem with frogeth in this issue.
I've tried almost everything to resolve it. The issue with parentheses seems to be a severe problem.

I also tried this trick:

PARENTHESIS="("
NODE_ECDSA_KEY_PASSWORD=something${PARENTHESIS}
NODE_BLS_KEY_PASSWORD=something${PARENTHESIS}else

test.sh:

. ./.env
echo $NODE_ECDSA_KEY_PASSWORD

$ chmod +x test.sh
$ ./test.sh
something(

Everything seems ok, but the problem is still there.
Error: failed to read or decrypt the BLS private key: could not decrypt key with the given password

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[shrimalmadhur]

Thanks for reporting this issue. I will try to look into what is happening. I am wondering if there's an issue with how docker-compose file reads the password with parentheses and try to find this issue out.

[shrimalmadhur]

@eferbarn Have you tried single quotes around password with special characters? Looking at this issue - docker/compose#8607
maybe worth trying and see if it resolves. I will also try on my side when I have some cycles.

[eferbarn]

Yes! I tried lots of solutions. They didn't work at all! Assume that my password is blah(blah!
I tried all of these potential solutions:

• "blah(blah"
• 'blah(blah'
• blah\(blah

Finally, I just used these commands to change my passwords:

1. $ cd .eigenlayer/operator_keys
2. $ rm <keyname>.bls.key.json
3. $ rm <keyname>.ecdsa.key.json
4. $ ./eigenlayer operator keys import --key-type ecdsa <name> <ecdsa_private_key>
5. $ ./eigenlayer operator keys import --key-type bls <name> <bls_private_key>

[shrimalmadhur]

Thanks for checking. this is weird. I will dig deeper into it as I think it's important to support any passwords.