{"record":{"id":"424421c0702bd434","repo":"crowdsecurity/crowdsec","slug":"while-getting-owner-w-424421","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"while getting owner: %w","messagePattern":"while getting owner: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/database/file_utils_windows.go","lineNumber":22,"sourceCode":"\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"io/fs\"\n\n\tlog \"github.com/sirupsen/logrus\"\n\t\"golang.org/x/sys/windows\"\n)\n\nfunc setFilePerm(path string, mode fs.FileMode) error {\n\t//On windows, we don't care about the mode, just make sure the file is only readable/writable by the owner and group\n\n\tsd, err := windows.GetNamedSecurityInfo(path, windows.SE_FILE_OBJECT, windows.OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"while getting security info: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tcurrentOwner, defaulted, err := sd.Owner()\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"while getting owner: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tlog.Debugf(\"current owner is %s (%v) (defaulted: %v)\", currentOwner.String(), currentOwner, defaulted)\n\n\tcurrentGroup, defaulted, err := sd.Group()\n\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"while getting group: %w\", err)\n\t}\n\n\tif currentGroup == nil {\n\t\tlog.Debugf(\"current group is nil (defaulted: %v), using builtin admin instead\", defaulted)\n\t\tcurrentGroup, err = windows.CreateWellKnownSid(windows.WinBuiltinAdministratorsSid)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"while creating admin SID: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t}\n","sourceCodeStart":4,"sourceCodeEnd":40,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/blob/909b5157986a2b2c2163300fdaef5ed01289f7d2/pkg/database/file_utils_windows.go#L4-L40","documentation":"setFilePerm on Windows failed while extracting the owner SID from the security descriptor returned by GetNamedSecurityInfo (sd.Owner()). If the owner cannot be resolved from the descriptor, the function cannot rebuild the DACL and returns this error.","triggerScenarios":"sd.Owner() returning an error on the descriptor fetched for the target file: descriptor is malformed/truncated, or the SID in the owner field cannot be converted (corrupt or non-standard security descriptor).","commonSituations":"Files copied from another volume/system with damaged security descriptors; files whose owner SID references an unresolvable domain account.","solutions":["Reset the file's security descriptor: `icacls <path> /reset` (as administrator) then restart crowdsec.","Take ownership of the file: `takeown /f <path>` and re-run.","Recreate the file (move the data directory contents) so a fresh descriptor is generated."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"err := setFilePerm(path, 0600)\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Warnf(\"perm change failed: %v\", err)\n\t// fall back: recreate file with default ACLs\n}","preventionTips":["Avoid copying DB files between systems/WSL; let crowdsec create them fresh.","Periodically reset ACLs on the data directory with icacls /reset during maintenance."],"tags":["windows","acl","security-descriptor","permissions"],"backgroundTag":"permission-denied","analyzedSha":"909b5157986a2b2c2163300fdaef5ed01289f7d2","analyzedAt":"2026-09-06T12:27:26.012Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-06T12:27:26.012Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T00:17:10.932Z"}