Ticket #17185: get_username.patch

django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py

@@ -82 +82 @@
         username could not be determined.
     """
     try:
-        return getpass.getuser().decode(locale.getdefaultlocale()[1])
+        locale_encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
+        if locale_encoding is None:
+            locale_encoding = 'ascii'
+        return getpass.getuser().decode(locale_encoding)
     except (ImportError, KeyError, UnicodeDecodeError):
         # KeyError will be raised by os.getpwuid() (called by getuser())
         # if there is no corresponding entry in the /etc/passwd file