Index: src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Bytes.java =================================================================== --- src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Bytes.java (revision 902267) +++ src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Bytes.java (working copy) @@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ || ch == '_' || ch == '-' || ch == ':' + || ch == ' ' + || ch == '<' + || ch == '>' + || ch == '=' + || ch == '/' || ch == '.') { result.append(first.charAt(i)); } else {