Thanks, yes there's no way to escape the ;-handling... the ; separates the password from the options part (which is optional)

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** [bugs:#1311] ftp passwd with semicolon**
**Status:** open-confirmed
**Created:** Tue Dec 10, 2013 02:12 PM UTC by Petr Bahula
**Last Updated:** Tue Dec 10, 2013 02:12 PM UTC
**Owner:** Daniel Stenberg
Bad work with passworh containing letter `;' - semicolon. Password is cuted on semicolon n position.
Last working version: curl-7.30.0
Not working versions: curl-7.31.0, curl-7.33.0
OS: Linux Gentoo amd64
    $ curl -v -u "user:pass;word" ftp://server/
    ......
    > USER user
    < 331 Password required for user.
    > PASS pass
    < 530 Login incorrect.
    $ curl -v -u "user:pass\;word" ftp://server/
    ......
    > USER user
    < 331 Password required for user.
    > PASS pass\
    < 530 Login incorrect.
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