[horde] Problem with Android Horde Activesync - Can't add account - Gmail's security settings are more secure than those set by your IT admin

[r.j.baart at prompt.nl]

Perhaps the problem is described here: 
https://developers.google.com/android/work/device-admin-deprecation

I can read it, but I don't understand it. If this is the problem, the 
solution will not come from Google.


On 9-11-2019 18:20, Ronny Forberger wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> thanks for your information.
>
> I am not sure if I have a second GMail account on the phone, I have a 
> google account on it though.
>
> I think the Gmail application itself is now requiring certain security 
> policies to be in place, as you said.
>
> I tried to set the permissions of ActiveSync to all permissions for 
> authenticated users, creators and even my username, but no success.
>
> The error message on the phone is still appearing.
>
> It worked before the Android upgrade though without the Horde permissions.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ronny Forberger
>
>
> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Ronny Forberger <ronnyforberger at ronnyforberger.de>:
>>
>>> Hi Horde list,
>>>
>>> My brand new Android 9 phone has made an update to the OS and since 
>>> that I cannot access my Horde Active Sync interface anymore.
>>>
>>> I am getting the error message
>>>
>>> Can't add account - Gmail's security settings are more secure than 
>>> those set by your IT admin
>>>
>>> on Android.
>>>
>>> Any ideas what I have to set up on Horde / or the web server to make 
>>> this run again or where to look at least?
>>
>> This sounds like you either maybe have another account setup in the 
>> Gmail app on the Android device, whose provisioning policies are more 
>> secure than Horde's, or the Gmail application itself is now requiring 
>> certain security policies to be in place.  You can try looking at 
>> Horde -> Admin -> Permissions. Look at the permissions available 
>> under Horde -> ActiveSync (you might need to create them) and see if 
>> any of those look like a good candidate.
>>
>> For what it's worth, my Note has the same patchlevel, and I just 
>> successfully added my horde account to the device, after accepting 
>> the security policy.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Android version: 9 PKQ1.181121.001
>>> Android security patchlevel: 2019-10-01
>>>
>>> Horde Version: 5.2.22
>>> Nginx Version: 1.16.1 (reverse proxy with mod_security)
>>> Apache httpd version: 2.4.41 (serving horde)
>>>
>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Ronny Forberger
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Cordialement,

R.J. Baart