Hue can't connect to mysql DB if the DB user password contains a "#".

If you set the DB user password in mysql to something with a "#" like "hue#", hue is unable to connect to the DB. It fails with:

86_64.egg/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 188, in _init_
super(Connection, self)._init_(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1045, "Access denied for user 'hue11'@'cdh43-1.test.com' (using password: YES)")

I tested "$", "!" and "@" and they work fine, just "#" has issues.