Administration passwords with special characters such as dollar signs might cause the backup script /opt/novell/devman/bin/ambkup.sh to fail. The ambkup.sh script creates a command line for the ICE utility, and the special characters might be interpreted by it. If you must use special characters, and this issue arises, modify the /opt/novell/devman/bin/defbkparm.sh script so that the special characters are escaped. For example, if the administrator’s password is mi$$le, then the field DS_ADMIN_PWD should be mi\$\$le.