Using special characters in an MID Server config.xml fileDescription<!-- div.margin{ padding: 10px 40px 40px 30px; } table.tocTable{ border: 1px solid; border-color:#E0E0E0; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); padding-top: .6em; padding-bottom: .6em; padding-left: .9em; padding-right: .6em; } table.noteTable{ border:1px solid; border-color:#E0E0E0; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); width: 100%; border-spacing:2; } table.internalTable{ border:1px solid; border-color:#E0E0E0; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); width: 100%; border-spacing:0; } .sp td{ border-bottom: 1px solid; border-right: 1px solid; border-color:#E0E0E0; background-color: #ffffff; height: 20px; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .5em; padding-left: .5em; padding-right: .5em; } .sphr td{ border-right: 1px solid; border-bottom: 1px solid; border-color:#E0E0E0; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .5em; padding-left: .5em; padding-right: .5em; height: 20px; } .title { color: #D1232B; font-weight:; font-size:25px; } .hd1{ color: #D1232B; font-weight:; font-size:18px; } .hd2{ color: #646464; font-weight:bold; font-size:16px; } .hd3{ color: #7a7a7a; font-weight:; font-size:16 px; text-decoration:; } .hd4{ color: #000000; font-weight:bold; font-size:14 px; text-decoration:; } --> The XML specification defines five predefined entities that represent special characters and requires that all XML processors honor them. If these characters are used in a password, you will experience unexpected results. The most likely scenario to experience this conflict is when you set the password for a MID Server. The following characters represent the five pre-defined entities: "&'<> XML and special characters If you use the pre-defined entity characters in an XML file, such as the MID Server configuration file, you need to encode them. To encode pre-defined entities into an XML document: replace " with "replace & with &replace ' with 'replace < with <replace > with > For example, to specify the password as test& in the MID Server config.xml file: <parameter encrypt="true" name="mid.instance.password" value="test&"/>