[kronolith] Server denied authentication

[Simon B]

On 31 Aug 2015 22:15, "Jan Schneider" <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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> Zitat von Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
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>> On 27 Aug 2015 19:37, "Michael J Rubinsky" <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
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>>>
>>> From: Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Aug 27, 2015 12:47 PM
>>> To: mrubinsk at horde.org
>>> Cc: kronolith at lists.horde.org
>>> Subject: Re: [kronolith] Server denied authentication
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 27 Aug 2015 16:09, "Michael J Rubinsky" <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Quoting Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hi
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Twice this week I've received the following errors emailed to me by
>>
>> cron...
>>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> /etc/cron.daily/kronolith:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ====================
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Fatal Error:
>>>> >> Server denied authentication.
>>>> >> In /usr/share/php/Horde/Smtp.php on line 433
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 1. Horde_Alarm->notify() /usr/bin/horde-alarms:25
>>>> >> 2. Horde_Alarm_Handler_Mail->notify()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm.php:421
>>>>
>>>> >> 3. Horde_Alarm->notify() /usr/bin/horde-alarms:25
>>>> >> 4. Horde_Alarm_Handler_Mail->notify()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm.php:421
>>>>
>>>> >> 5. Horde_Mime_Mail->send()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm/Handler/Mail.php:101
>>>>
>>>> >> 6. Horde_Mime_Part->send() /usr/share/php/Horde/Mime/Mail.php:459
>>>> >> 7. Horde_Alarm->notify() /usr/bin/horde-alarms:25
>>>> >> 8. Horde_Alarm_Handler_Mail->notify()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm.php:421
>>>>
>>>> >> 9. Horde_Mime_Mail->send()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm/Handler/Mail.php:101
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>>>> >> 10. Horde_Mime_Part->send() /usr/share/php/Horde/Mime/Mail.php:459
>>>> >> 11. Horde_Mail_Transport_Smtphorde->send()
>>>> >> /usr/share/php/Horde/Mime/Part.php:1752
>>>> >> 12. Horde_Alarm->notify() /usr/bin/horde-alarms:25
>>>> >> 13. Horde_Alarm_Handler_Mail->notify()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm.php:421
>>>>
>>>> >> 14. Horde_Mime_Mail->send()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Alarm/Handler/Mail.php:101
>>>>
>>>> >> 15. Horde_Mime_Part->send() /usr/share/php/Horde/Mime/Mail.php:459
>>>> >> 16. Horde_Mail_Transport_Smtphorde->send()
>>>> >> /usr/share/php/Horde/Mime/Part.php:1752
>>>> >> 17. Horde_Smtp->send()
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>> /usr/share/php/Horde/Mail/Transport/Smtphorde.php:134
>>>>
>>>> >> 18. Horde_Smtp->login() /usr/share/php/Horde/Smtp.php:478
>>>> >> 19. Horde_Smtp->login() /usr/share/php/Horde/Smtp.php:399
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ====================
>>>> >> run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/kronolith exited with return code 1
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Where should I start looking?  I've never had an issue with alarms
in
>>>> >> kronolith before and I've not updated this version or made any
>>
>> changes on
>>>>
>>>> >> the server this week..
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > This is your SMTP server telling you the credentials you are passing
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>> it are not being accepted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok. But why is it doing it now?  Was anything updated in git last week?
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>> Schemas and configs are showing up to date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No, noting related to that.
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>>
>> And where do I fix that?  From my understanding smtp auth isn't required
>> for injecting into localhost (horde and postfix are on the same machine).
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> Obviously it is. Or maybe you are not using localhost, but some external
name or IP in the SMTP configuration.

Until it recurs I think this was related to the SMTP auth issues I had
(changes in the horde-mailer tab I hadn't noticed).

What I find odd is that the error here was much more helpful in tracking
down my error than the errors I was getting (or seeing in the horde log)
for the imp errors.

Simon