Windows unicode users get permission denied error from Syncdaemon

Bug #1169670 reported by Joshua Hoover
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu One Client
Confirmed
High
Brian Curtin

Bug Description

From a Windows 8 64-bit user with a unicode username. Syncdaemon won't start. Errors with:

2013-04-15 12:38:00,009 - ubuntuone.SyncDaemon - ERROR - [Failure instance: Traceback: <type 'exceptions.WindowsError'>: [Error 5] Acceso denegado: 'C:\\Users\\username\xc3\xada Larios'
twisted\internet\defer.pyc:362:callback
twisted\internet\defer.pyc:458:_startRunCallbacks
twisted\internet\defer.pyc:545:_runCallbacks
twisted\internet\defer.pyc:1095:gotResult
--- <exception caught here> ---
twisted\internet\defer.pyc:1039:_inlineCallbacks
ubuntuone-syncdaemon:232:async_main
ubuntuone\syncdaemon\main.pyc:115:__init__
ubuntuone\syncdaemon\tritcask.pyc:631:__init__
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:150:makedirs
os.pyc:157:makedirs
]

Dave Morley (davmor2)
tags: added: u1-on-production
Dave Morley (davmor2)
tags: added: u1-windows
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