bzr push to smart server error: bzr: ERROR: Server sent an unexpected error: ('error', 'No module named pwd')

[Alexander Belchenko]

Thu 2011-06-09 13:09:47 +0300
0.313 bazaar version: 2.3.3
0.313 bzr arguments: [u'push']
0.407 looking for plugins in C:\work\Bazaar\plugins
0.547 looking for plugins in C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins
0.547 Plugin name colo already loaded
0.547 Plugin name explorer already loaded
0.547 Plugin name qbzr already loaded
0.578 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'cp866'
0.641 opening working tree 'XXX'
2.469 Transferred: 2kB (14.0kB/s r:1kB w:1kB)
2.469 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 926, in exception_to_return_code
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 1126, in run_bzr
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 691, in run_argv_aliases
  File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 713, in run
  File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 135, in run_simple
  File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 165, in _do_with_cleanups
  File "bzrlib\builtins.pyo", line 1132, in run
  File "bzrlib\push.pyo", line 140, in _show_push_branch
  File "bzrlib\controldir.pyo", line 533, in push_branch
  File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 1098, in push
  File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 3506, in push
  File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 3298, in _run_with_write_locked_target
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2468, in lock_write
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2452, in _remote_lock_write
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 59, in _call
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2314, in _translate_error
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 825, in _translate_error
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 175, in _translate_error
  File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 3029, in _translate_error
UnknownErrorFromSmartServer: Server sent an unexpected error: ('error', 'No module named pwd')

On the remote side I have Windows machine with `bzr serve` running. bzr is standalone bzr.exe 2.3.3-3.

[John A Meinel (jameinel)]

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On 6/9/2011 12:13 PM, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Thu 2011-06-09 13:09:47 +0300
> 0.313 bazaar version: 2.3.3
> 0.313 bzr arguments: [u'push']
> 0.407 looking for plugins in C:\work\Bazaar\plugins
> 0.547 looking for plugins in C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins
> 0.547 Plugin name colo already loaded
> 0.547 Plugin name explorer already loaded
> 0.547 Plugin name qbzr already loaded
> 0.578 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'cp866'
> 0.641 opening working tree 'XXX'
> 2.469 Transferred: 2kB (14.0kB/s r:1kB w:1kB)
> 2.469 Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 926, in exception_to_return_code
> File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 1126, in run_bzr
> File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 691, in run_argv_aliases
> File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 713, in run
> File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 135, in run_simple
> File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 165, in _do_with_cleanups
> File "bzrlib\builtins.pyo", line 1132, in run
> File "bzrlib\push.pyo", line 140, in _show_push_branch
> File "bzrlib\controldir.pyo", line 533, in push_branch
> File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 1098, in push
> File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 3506, in push
> File "bzrlib\branch.pyo", line 3298, in _run_with_write_locked_target
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2468, in lock_write
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2452, in _remote_lock_write
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 59, in _call
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 2314, in _translate_error
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 825, in _translate_error
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 175, in _translate_error
> File "bzrlib\remote.pyo", line 3029, in _translate_error
> UnknownErrorFromSmartServer: Server sent an unexpected error: ('error', 'No module named pwd')
>
> On the remote side I have Windows machine with `bzr serve` running. bzr
> is standalone bzr.exe 2.3.3-3.
>
> ** Affects: bzr
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

This indicates that the server side is unable to determine a username
for the process. Usually this happens when running as a service daemon,
etc. I forget the exact env variable you can set, but I think it is %USER%.

We could certainly use a better error message here, though.

John
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