fix: non-user-friendly error when trying to install the worker agent …

…as domain user

Signed-off-by: Josh Usiskin <[email protected]>

src/deadline_worker_agent/installer/win_installer.py

@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ def print_banner():
     )
 
 
+def is_domain_user(username: str) -> bool:
+    # There are two formats for specifying domain users:
+    #
+    # 1. User Principal Name (UPN), e.g:
+    #
+    #       <USERNAME>@<DOMAIN>
+    #
+    # 2. Down-Level Logon Name, e.g:
+    #
+    #       <DOMAIN>\<USERNAME>
+    #
+    # See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/user-name-formats
+    return "\\" in username or "@" in username
+
+
 def check_account_existence(account_name: str) -> bool:
     """
     Checks if an account exists on the system by attempting to resolve the account's SID.
@@ -851,18 +866,28 @@ def print_helping_info_and_exit():
         logging.error(f"User does not have Administrator privileges: {os.environ['USERNAME']}")
         print_helping_info_and_exit()
 
+    # Validate that if a windows job user override is specified, that the user exists
     if windows_job_user is not None and not check_account_existence(windows_job_user):
         raise InstallerFailedException(
             f"Account {windows_job_user} provided for argument windows-job-user does not exist. "
             "Please create the account before proceeding."
         )
+    # Validate that if a windows job user override is specified, that it is not the same as the worker agent user
     elif windows_job_user is not None and users_equal(windows_job_user, user_name):
         raise InstallerFailedException(
             f"Argument for windows-job-user cannot be the same as the worker agent user: {user_name}. "
             "If you wish to run jobs as the agent user, set run_jobs_as_agent_user = true in the agent "
             "configuration file."
         )
 
+    # Validate that the --user argument is not a domain user. The installer does not currently support this.
+    if is_domain_user(user_name):
+        raise InstallerFailedException(
+            "running worker agent as a domain user is not currently supported. You can "
+            "have jobs run as a domain user by configuring the queue job run user to specify a "
+            "domain user account."
+        )
+
     # Print configuration
     print_banner()
 

test/unit/install/test_windows_installer.py

@@ -121,6 +121,40 @@ def test_start_windows_installer_fails_when_windows_job_user_is_agent_user(
     )
 
 
+# Override the "user" fixture, which feeds into the parsed_kwargs fixture
+# with Valid domain username formats. For valid domain user formats, see:
+# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/user-name-formats
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="user",
+    argvalues=(
+        pytest.param("user@domain", id="user principal name"),
+        pytest.param(r"domain\username", id="down-level logon name"),
+    ),
+)
+# No job user override
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="windows_job_user",
+    argvalues=(None,),
+)
+def test_start_windows_installer_fails_on_domain_worker_user(
+    parsed_kwargs: dict,
+) -> None:
+    # GIVEN
+    with (
+        patch.object(shell, "IsUserAnAdmin", return_value=True),
+        pytest.raises(win_installer.InstallerFailedException) as raise_ctx,
+    ):
+        # WHEN
+        win_installer.start_windows_installer(**parsed_kwargs)
+
+    # THEN
+    assert str(raise_ctx.value) == (
+        "running worker agent as a domain user is not currently supported. You can "
+        "have jobs run as a domain user by configuring the queue job run user to specify a "
+        "domain user account."
+    )
+
+
 class TestCreateLocalQueueUserGroup:
     """Tests for the create_local_queue_user_group function"""