Re: BUG #17091: Cannot install with EDB installer when username contains diacritics

Hi,

Le mer. 7 juil. 2021 à 19:39, PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
a écrit :

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 17091
> Logged by: Paul Guyot
> Email address: pguyot(at)kallisys(dot)net
> PostgreSQL version: 13.3
> Operating system: Windows 10
> Description:
>
> A user has diacritics in her account name (her first name is Jaunė with
> last
> character being U+0117).
>
> Installation with latest EDB Installer fails with the following message (in
> French) :
> > Une erreur s'est produite
> > Erreur dans l'execution de C:\\Windows\System32\icacls
> "C:\\Users\...\Temp/postgresql_installer_random" /T /Q /grand
> "azuread\jaune(OI)(CI)F": azuread\jaune: Le mappage entre les noms de
> compte
> et les ID de sécurité n'a pas été effectué.
>
> When exected in a shell, the reported icacls command line fails with the
> same error message.
>
> I believe the install script fails here:
>
> https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/edb-installers/blob/2bb85e7ef6203a48989991ab659c961a72aa05b6/server/installer.xml.in#L139
>
> ${whoami} is taken from C:\\Windows\System32\whoami
>
> Interestingly, when invoking C:\\Windows\System32\whoami in the shell, we
> get the username with diacritics (azuread\jaunė) instead of the username
> without diacritics in the error message. To be more precise, there are
> diacritics in the paths and these appear properly in the error message.
>
> When executed with this username, the icacls command line returns another
> error (which would translate to "Access refused"), but I guess this is
> because the command line was not executed with the proper rights.
>
>
You should report this to EDB. There's nothing the community can do about
this.

--
Guillaume.