Check for unicode and encode before md5sum in filter

server/filter.py

@@ -526,6 +526,9 @@ class FileContainer:
 		try:
 			firstLine = handler.readline()
 			# Computes the MD5 of the first line.
+			if isinstance(firstLine, unicode):
+				self.__hash = md5sum(firstLine.encode('utf-8')).digest()
+			else:
 				self.__hash = md5sum(firstLine).digest()
 			# Start at the beginning of file if tail mode is off.
 			if tail:
@@ -546,6 +549,9 @@ class FileContainer:
 		fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_SETFD, fd | fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC)
 		firstLine = self.__handler.readline()
 		# Computes the MD5 of the first line.
+		if isinstance(firstLine, unicode):
+			myHash = md5sum(firstLine.encode('utf-8')).digest()
+		else:
 			myHash = md5sum(firstLine).digest()
 		stats = os.fstat(self.__handler.fileno())
 		# Compare hash and inode