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passwords should not be expanded in configuration

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#652 opened on Feb 25, 2020

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More in #650.

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Refer to issue #650 for context. Identify areas in the configuration parsing code where password expansion occurs and prevent it from happening.
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python
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backend
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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70