ChefDK's chef generate command fails with Insufficient permissions after cd'ing to a different directory

[FilBot3]

For some reason, when I cd to a different directory after opening Command Prompt or PowerShell, I receive an error saying that I don't have sufficient permissions.

C:\Users\user01
λ cd Desktop\

C:\Users\user01\Desktop                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
λ chef generate cookbook thisiscool                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Compiling Cookbooks...                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Recipe: code_generator::cookbook                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  * directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool] action create                                                                                                                                                                             
    * Cannot create directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool] at C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool due to insufficient permissions                                                                                                   
    ================================================================================                                                                                                                                                          
    Error executing action `create` on resource 'directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool]'                                                                                                                                             
    ================================================================================                                                                                                                                                          

    Chef::Exceptions::InsufficientPermissions                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    -----------------------------------------                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Cannot create directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool] at C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool due to insufficient permissions                                                                                                     

    Resource Declaration:                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    ---------------------                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    # In C:\opscode\chefdk\embedded\apps\chef-dk\lib\chef-dk\skeletons\code_generator\recipes\cookbook.rb                                                                                                                                     

      1:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
      2: context = ChefDK::Generator.context                                                                                                                                                                                                  

    Compiled Resource:                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
    ------------------                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
    # Declared in C:\opscode\chefdk\embedded\apps\chef-dk\lib\chef-dk\skeletons\code_generator\recipes\cookbook.rb:6:in `from_file'                                                                                                           

    directory("C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool") do                                                                                                                                                                                      
      action :create                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
      retries 0                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
      retry_delay 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
      default_guard_interpreter :default                                                                                                                                                                                                      
      path "C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool"                                                                                                                                                                                             
      declared_type :directory                                                                                                                                                                                                                
      cookbook_name :code_generator                                                                                                                                                                                                           
      recipe_name "cookbook"                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    end                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

ERROR: Chef failed to converge: directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool] (code_generator::cookbook line 6) had an error: Chef::Exceptions::InsufficientPermissions: Cannot create directory[C:/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool] at C:
/Users/user01/Desktop/thisiscool due to insufficient permissions                                                                                                                                                                      

However, if I open command prompt in the desired directory, and don't cd to a different one, then it works just fine.

[danielsdeleo]

@chef/client-windows Any ideas?

[smurawski]

@danielsdeleo I can replicate this with ChefDK 0.4.0. I'll try to dig deeper tonight.

[danielsdeleo]

@smurawski Thank you!

[smurawski]

This doesn't appear to be chefdk specific nor tied to the cd command. To replicate I was able to

#Worked 
chef-apply --% -e 'directory "c:/users/administrator/test"'
#Failed
chef-apply --% -e 'directory "c:/users/administrator/desktop/test'
#Worked
chef-apply --% -e 'directory "c:/test'
#Failed
chef-apply --% -e 'directory "c:/users/test'

@danielsdeleo @predatorian3
I've opened an issue in the Chef repo ( chef/chef#3164 ) and will continue investigating there.

[smurawski]

Looks like this bug was fixed in chef-client 12.1.0 via chef/chef#2896

The bug goes back into the 11.x line of chef-client as well. It only seems to impact certain locations (mainly related to the Administrator account). My expectation is that ChefDK 0.5.0 will be the fix for this issue.

[smurawski]

Resolved with ChefDK 0.5.0 or newer.