I have a username and password with "@".Not able to use it in -u options

[soma-purestorage]

I have a username and password with "@".Not able to use it in -u options.I tried setting the GOVC_USERNAME AND password as env but still not working

[embano1]

I cannot replicate this issue. See the following test and proper character encoding for environment variables:

# run vcenter simulator container
docker run -p 8989:8989 --rm vmware/vcsim -username "[email protected]" -password "p@ssword" -l 0.0.0.0:8989

# configure govc
export GOVC_URL=https://some%40user.local:p%[email protected]:8989/sdk
export GOVC_INSECURE=true

# execute command
govc about
FullName:     VMware vCenter Server 6.5.0 build-5973321 (govmomi simulator)
Name:         VMware vCenter Server
Vendor:       VMware, Inc.
Version:      6.5.0
Build:        5973321
OS type:      linux-amd64
API type:     VirtualCenter
API version:  6.5
Product ID:   vpx
UUID:         dbed6e0c-bd88-4ef6-b594-21283e1c677f

[embano1]

See this link how to properly url-encode values https://www.urlencoder.org

[soma-purestorage]

working with escape character thanks