[VCL-331] Windows code does not handle special characters in Scheduled Task names when changing passwords

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.2
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Andrew Kurth
• Reporter: Andrew Kurth
• Created: 03/May/10 14:05
• Updated: 26/Aug/10 16:12
• Resolved: 26/Aug/10 16:12

Description

Check Windows.pm::set_password() to see if the problem shown in the log output below is due to the special characters in the task name. Special characters may need to be escaped in the schtasks.exe call.

2010-04-26 10:44:20|19812|2127:2121|new|utils.pm:run_ssh_command(6272)|SSH
command executed on vmguest-25, command:

19812	2127:2121	new	/usr/bin/ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key -l root -p 22 -x vmguest-25 'schtasks.exe /Change /RP "Si2GJL" /TN "User_Feed_Synchronization- {166B89A0-2CB2-4FF1-9D77-F86D0023D535}"' 2>&1 |19812|2127:2121|new| returning (1, "ERROR: Unable to establish exi...") |19812|2127:2121|new| ---- WARNING ---- |19812|2127:2121|new| 2010-04-26 10:44:20|19812|2127:2121|new|Windows.pm:set_password(1698)|failed to change password for scheduled task: User_Feed_Synchronization-{166B89A0-2CB2-4FF1-9D77-F86D0023D535} , exit status: 1, output:
19812	2127:2121	new	ERROR: Unable to establish existence of the account specified.
19812	2127:2121	new	( 0) utils.pm, notify (line: 737)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-1) Windows.pm, set_password (line: 1698)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-2) Windows.pm, post_load (line: 558)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-3) new.pm, reload_image (line: 692)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-4) new.pm, process (line: 266)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-5) vcld, make_new_child (line: 594)
19812	2127:2121	new	(-6) vcld, main (line: 341)