From 800a99f7297b780909245408a6c1d64f79c81b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:04:36 +0200 Subject: Add FAQ item #R15 on authentication failures. --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a57e4583..91db4421 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ messages but before deleting them
errors.
R13. What does "Interrupted system call" mean?
R14. Since upgrading fetchmail/OpenSSL, I can no longer connect!
+R15. Help, I'm getting Authorization failure!

Hangs and lockups

@@ -2505,6 +2506,26 @@ option is --sslcertpath /home/hans/certs on the commandline and env PATH=/opt/openssl1.0.0/bin /opt/openssl1.0.0/bin/c_rehash /home/hans/certs +

R15. Help, I'm getting Authorization failure!

+ +

Fetchmail by default attempts to authenticate using various schemes. +Fetchmail tries these schemes in order of descending security, meaning +the most secure schemes are tried first.

+ +

However, sometimes the server offers a secure authentication scheme +that is not properly configured, or an authentication scheme such as +GSSAPI does requires credentials to be acquired externally. In some +situations, fetchmail cannot know the scheme will fail without trying.

+ +

Solution: Configure the right authentication scheme +explicitly, for instance, with --auth cram-md5 or --auth + password on the command line or auth "cram-md5" or + auth "password" in the rcfile. Details can be found + in the manual page.
+ Note that auth password should only be used + across secure links (see the sslcertck and ssl/sslproto options). +

+

Hangs and lockups

H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with -- cgit v1.2.3