[horde] IMAP Authentication issue

[Simon Brereton]

> From: horde-bounces at lists.horde.org [mailto:horde-
> bounces at lists.horde.org] On Behalf Of Simon Brereton
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:58 PM
> To: horde at lists.horde.org
> Subject: Re: [horde] IMAP Authentication issue
> 
> > From: horde-bounces at lists.horde.org [mailto:horde-
> > bounces at lists.horde.org] On Behalf Of Simon Brereton I recently
> > changed my imap server over to dovecot (worth mentioning, but I
> don't
> > think that that's the issue - this may well have been the case
> before
> > then).  However, when I try to login to Horde, I get the
> > following:
> >
> > A fatal error has occurred
> >
> > dimp does not have an API
> >
> > 1. require() /usr/share/horde4/login.php:175 2. Horde_Registry-
> > >hasPermission() /usr/share/horde4/index.php:68 3.
> > Horde_Core_Auth_Application->requireAuth()
> > /usr/share/php/Horde/Registry.php:1409
> > 4. Horde_Core_Auth_Application->hasCapability()
> > /usr/share/php/Horde/Core/Auth/Application.php:480
> > 5. Horde_Registry->getApiInstance()
> > /usr/share/php/Horde/Core/Auth/Application.php:349
> > Details
> >
> > The full error message is logged in Horde's log file, and is shown
> > below only to administrators. Non-administrative users will not see
> > error details.
> >
> > Nothing is showing in the horde log.  And the imap log shows no
> > attempt made to authenticate.  When using a client this user is
> able
> > to log in fine.  Other users user are able to log into Horde ok.
> >
> > I'm baffled.  The only difference is that this user (my user) is
> also
> > listed in:
> > $conf['auth']['admins']
> 
> If I remove the username from the $conf['auth']['admins'] all I get
> instead is:
> 
> A fatal error has occurred
> 
> dimp does not have an API
> 
> Details have been logged for the administrator.

Adding in a different user as the admin user worked fine for that user, by my user was still having problems.  Occasionally, I was able to get to a mail screen by pressing back (and I suspected this was an sessions issue - even though I was seeing the correct inbox).  After logging in (despite not seeing a login attempt in the imap logs) if I clear the URL and just add imp after the host URL, I'm able to access the inbox and thereafter everything functions normally.  This applies whether my user is listed as the admin user or not (although obviously with or without the admin privileges, obviously).  However, tellingly when I do this, I'm taken to the traditional interface...

Previously when I reported this error someone (Michael?) said I shouldn't be getting anything to do with DIMP.  Since there's nothing H3 related on this box, I can only assume it's a user-preference that's set somewhere (indeed, in the current H3 my default display is set to display DIMP after I log in (even if the dropdown box says traditional).  Also tellingly, if I change the interface to mobile -smartphone, I'm able to log in without any issue at all.

So, I've been looking through all the preferences, and although under General I've set it to display Mail and under Mail I've unset and reset the dynamic if the browser supports it option, I continue to be logged into Traditional mode.  Although the imap server is now showing login attempts and I'm able to log in.

Like Andreas (I think), I created the H4 db schema, and then switched to a copy of the H3 db and re-ram the update-schema script.  It would appear that something didn't update though.

Simon