[tor-bugs] #1266 [Tor Client]: failure creating directory with accented letters

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#1266: failure creating directory with accented letters
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 Reporter:  toruser             |         Type:  defect    
   Status:  new                 |     Priority:  major     
Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final  |    Component:  Tor Client
  Version:  0.2.2.7-alpha       |   Resolution:  None      
 Keywords:                      |       Parent:            
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Changes (by nickm):

  * milestone:  => Tor: 0.2.3.x-final


Old description:

> I get an error which involves tor trying to create a directory with
> accented letters.
> This keeps tor from working at all, so it's a high severity bug.
> (I changed the directory name below for security purposes, but kept the
> same style).
>
> fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Warning] Error creating directory
> "C:\\Users\\Abra\343o Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor": Invalid argument
> fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't
> access/create private data directory ""C:\\Users\\Abra\343o
> Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor""
> fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
>
> I then tried to fix the directory in the advanced config of vidalia to:
> C:\Users\Abraão Lima\AppData\Roaming\Tor
> but that too didn't work with the following error msgs in the log:
>
> fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Warning] Error creating directory "C:\\Users\\Abraão
> Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor": Invalid argument
> fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't
> access/create private data directory ""C:\\Users\\Abraão
> Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor""
> fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
>
> [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: Windows 7]

New description:

 I get an error which involves tor trying to create a directory with
 accented letters.
 This keeps tor from working at all, so it's a high severity bug.
 (I changed the directory name below for security purposes, but kept the
 same style).

 fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Warning] Error creating directory
 "C:\\Users\\Abra\343o Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor": Invalid argument
 fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't
 access/create private data directory ""C:\\Users\\Abra\343o
 Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor""
 fev 28 13:26:40.909 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

 I then tried to fix the directory in the advanced config of vidalia to:
 C:\Users\Abraão Lima\AppData\Roaming\Tor
 but that too didn't work with the following error msgs in the log:

 fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Warning] Error creating directory "C:\\Users\\Abraão
 Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor": Invalid argument
 fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Couldn't
 access/create private data directory ""C:\\Users\\Abraão
 Lima\\AppData\\Roaming\\tor""
 fev 28 14:11:44.360 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.

 [Automatically added by flyspray2trac: Operating System: Windows 7]

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