{"record":{"id":"ebd0da71c583ce80","repo":"crowdsecurity/crowdsec","slug":"while-getting-group-w","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"while getting group: %w","messagePattern":"while getting group: %w","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pkg/database/file_utils_windows.go","lineNumber":30,"sourceCode":"\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\n\tlog.Debugf(\"current group is %s (%v) (defaulted: %v)\", currentGroup.String(), currentGroup, defaulted)\n\n\tdacl, err := windows.ACLFromEntries(\n\t\t[]windows.EXPLICIT_ACCESS{\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\tAccessPermissions: windows.GENERIC_ALL,\n\t\t\t\tAccessMode:        windows.GRANT_ACCESS,\n\t\t\t\tInheritance:       windows.NO_INHERITANCE,","sourceCodeStart":12,"sourceCodeEnd":48,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/blob/909b5157986a2b2c2163300fdaef5ed01289f7d2/pkg/database/file_utils_windows.go#L12-L48","documentation":"setFilePerm on Windows failed while reading the group SID from the security descriptor (sd.Group()). The group SID is needed to grant group access in the new DACL; if Group() fails, the permission change aborts.","triggerScenarios":"sd.Group() returning an error on the descriptor fetched for the target file, typically a malformed group SID in the file's security descriptor.","commonSituations":"Security descriptors created by third-party tools or transferred from other systems (WSL/NFS copies) with unusable group SIDs.","solutions":["Reset the descriptor with `icacls <path> /reset` and retry.","Take ownership with `takeown /f <path>` so a fresh group SID is set.","Recreate the file on a local NTFS volume with default ACLs."],"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}","preventionTips":["Create data files on local NTFS with default descriptors instead of importing them.","Reset corrupted descriptors with `icacls <path> /reset` before restarting crowdsec."],"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"}