samba - Jun 2019 - unicode characters in samba-tool user names

Hi,

I would like to add users with unicode characters in their names (not
in username, but in --surname, and in --given-name). I get the
following error message:
ERROR(<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>): Failed to add user
'testuser':  - 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
position 16:
ordinal not in range(128)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py", line
425, in run
    smartcard_required=smartcard_required)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line 490, in
newuser
    force_password_change_at_next_login_req)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line 606, in
setpassword
    """ % (user_dn, base64.b64encode(pw).decode('utf-8'))
I tested it on Debian 10, with Samba 4.9.5.
I found some closed bug reports, where occured similar error, and
according to that reports, the problem is python2. Samba 4.10 has full
python3 support, but I don't want to compile Samba from source. Is
there another way I avoid that error?

Hai, 

There a few ways to avoid this error. 

1) Report is as bug @debian include the bugzilla report. 

2) Ask debian to upgrade samba to latest 4.9.x or 4.10.x .

Note: The are much more of these "python" 2/3 errors but these are
fixed in later samba versions.

3) build samba yourself, (you have 2 says, compile, of re-build-packages )
I can give you the steps on debian, but you might need some of my sources. 

4) enable my repo and use these samba packages. 
( http://apt.van-belle.nl ) 


Greetz, 

Louis




> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens 
> Pisch Tam?s via samba
> Verzonden: woensdag 26 juni 2019 8:17
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: [Samba] unicode characters in samba-tool user names
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to add users with unicode characters in their names (not
> in username, but in --surname, and in --given-name). I get the
> following error message:
> ERROR(<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>): Failed to add
user
> 'testuser':  - 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
position 16:
> ordinal not in range(128)
>   File 
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py", line 
> 425, in run
>     smartcard_required=smartcard_required)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", 
> line 490, in newuser
>     force_password_change_at_next_login_req)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py", line
606, in
> setpassword
>     """ % (user_dn,
base64.b64encode(pw).decode('utf-8'))
> I tested it on Debian 10, with Samba 4.9.5.
> I found some closed bug reports, where occured similar error, and
> according to that reports, the problem is python2. Samba 4.10 has full
> python3 support, but I don't want to compile Samba from source. Is
> there another way I avoid that error?
> 
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Hi,

thank you for your answer. I sent a bug report with reportbug. It sent
the report with a local mail address. How can I check, whether the
mail really sent, because on the test server, where I sent the report,
there is no mailing system set up (I think, reportbug has its own SMTP
implementation)? Is the only way to check it on bugs.debin.org
regularly?
>Hai,
>
>There a few ways to avoid this error.
>
>1) Report is as bug @debian include the bugzilla report.
>
>2) Ask debian to upgrade samba to latest 4.9.x or 4.10.x .
>
>Note: The are much more of these "python" 2/3 errors but these are
fixed in later samba versions.
>
>3) build samba yourself, (you have 2 says, compile, of re-build-packages )
>I can give you the steps on debian, but you might need some of my sources.
>
>4) enable my repo and use these samba packages.
>( http://apt.van-belle.nl )
>
>
>Greetz,
>
>Louis
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens
>> Pisch Tam?s via samba
>> Verzonden: woensdag 26 juni 2019 8:17
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: [Samba] unicode characters in samba-tool user names
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to add users with unicode characters in their names (not
>> in username, but in --surname, and in --given-name). I get the
>> following error message:
>> ERROR(<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>): Failed to
add user
>> 'testuser':  - 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3
in position 16:
>> ordinal not in range(128)
>>   File
>> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/netcmd/user.py", line
>> 425, in run
>>     smartcard_required=smartcard_required)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py",
>> line 490, in newuser
>>     force_password_change_at_next_login_req)
>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/samba/samdb.py",
line 606, in
>> setpassword
>>     """ % (user_dn,
base64.b64encode(pw).decode('utf-8'))
>> I tested it on Debian 10, with Samba 4.9.5.
>> I found some closed bug reports, where occured similar error, and
>> according to that reports, the problem is python2. Samba 4.10 has full
>> python3 support, but I don't want to compile Samba from source. Is
>> there another way I avoid that error?