Az Cli not recovering from bad configuration

[abhishek-corp]

Describe the bug

Repro

1. run .\PsExec.exe -i -nobanner -u "nt authority\network service" powershell
2. Run az login on the opened powershell.

Gives this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/__main__.py", line 30, in <module>
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/__init__.py", line 929, in get_default_cli
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/__init__.py", line 59, in __init__
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 89, in __init__
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/azlogging.py", line 45, in __init__
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 98, in __init__
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 179, in _is_file_log_enabled
  File "D:\a\_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/config.py", line 147, in getboolean
ValueError: Not a boolean: ~/az-logs

Context

1. I had mistakenly set incorrect value to
   az config set logging.enable_log_file=~/az-logs

2. Here is a similar issue az config set with a bad value leaves config file in an unrecoverable state #21126

Solutions I tried

1. Uninstalling and reinstalling Azure CLI.
2. Deleting config file at ~\.azure\config in Windows env. This resolves to C:\Users\<username>\.azure\config file
3. Rebooting the windows

Environment

1. Powershell $PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Major Minor Build Revision

---

5 1 26100 2161

2. az version

  "azure-cli": "2.70.0",
  "azure-cli-core": "2.70.0",
  "azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
  "extensions": {}
}

Related command

.\PsExec.exe -i -nobanner -u "nt authority\network service" powershell

az login

Errors

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in _run_code
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/main.py", line 30, in
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/init.py", line 929, in get_default_cli
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/init.py", line 59, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 89, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/azlogging.py", line 45, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 98, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 179, in _is_file_log_enabled
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/config.py", line 147, in getboolean
ValueError: Not a boolean: ~/az-logs

Issue script & Debug output

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in _run_code
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/main.py", line 30, in
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/init.py", line 929, in get_default_cli
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/init.py", line 59, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/cli.py", line 89, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\azure/cli/core/azlogging.py", line 45, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 98, in init
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/log.py", line 179, in _is_file_log_enabled
File "D:\a_work\1\s\build_scripts\windows\artifacts\cli\Lib\site-packages\knack/config.py", line 147, in getboolean
ValueError: Not a boolean: ~/az-logs

Expected behavior

az login should work, and ignore logging.enable_log_file flag

Environment Summary

"azure-cli": "2.70.0",
"azure-cli-core": "2.70.0",
"azure-cli-telemetry": "1.1.0",
"extensions": {}

Config file location : ~\.azure\config
Config file contents

[cloud]
name = AzureCloud

[core]
first_run = yes

[logging]
enable_log_file = yes

Additional context

No response

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[github-actions]

Here are some similar issues that might help you. Please check if they can solve your problem.

• No az command is working: ValueError: Not a boolean: true. #29754

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Possible solution (Extracted from existing issue, might be incorrect; please verify carefully)

This is because the config file ~/.azure/config is corrupted: core.only_show_errors is set to true. (notice the trailing period sign). Please fix the invalid value and change it to true.

Reference:

• No az command is working: ValueError: Not a boolean: true. #29754 (comment)

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