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	You have your [[session_configuration\|session configured]] differently in the script and in the %%GUI%%.		You have your [[session_configuration\|session configured]] differently in the script and in the %%GUI%%.
-	* Use a [[ui_generateurl\|Generate Session URL/Code]] command to avoid common mistakes in manually typed URL's or code; and to make sure all the settings from your GUI configuration is used in the script. \\ A common problem is [[session_url#special\|special characters]] in some part of the [[session_url\|session URL]] (typically a password or a username).	+	* Use a [[ui_generateurl\|Generate Session URL/Code]] command to avoid common mistakes in manually typed URL's or code; and to make sure all the settings from your GUI configuration is used in the script. \\ A common problem is [[session_url#special\|special characters]] in some part of the [[session_url\|session URL]] (typically a password or a username). \\ Further, some characters have special meaning in string literals in programming languages. If your password (or other credential) contains such special character, it needs to be escaped using the rules of the language. Notably in PowerShell, a dollar sign has special meaning in double-quoted string. Code generated by WinSCP espaces these too.
	* Passphrase to an SSH private key is not a password, you need to specify it using ''[[scriptcommand_open\|-passphrase]]'' switch, not in a password part of the session %%URL%%.		* Passphrase to an SSH private key is not a password, you need to specify it using ''[[scriptcommand_open\|-passphrase]]'' switch, not in a password part of the session %%URL%%.
	* With [[webdav\|WebDAV]] and [[s3\|S3]] protocols, it is possible that [[faq_root_path\|you do not have an access to the root folder (bucket list in S3)]].		* With [[webdav\|WebDAV]] and [[s3\|S3]] protocols, it is possible that [[faq_root_path\|you do not have an access to the root folder (bucket list in S3)]].