Mac OS X and keychain access

[5c0tt]

I have been trying to get offlineimap up and running on OS X. Reading, I am not sure if the photon file of offlineimap.py is part of offlineimap or not, but perhaps someone can point me in the right direction.

The file has a call in it to:
sudo -u sjl %(security)s -v %(command)s -g -a %(account)s -s %(server)s %(keychain)s" % params

This command does not work on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. I played with it in the command line, using hard coded parameters, and still get a null return, not the "Password:" that the script ends up looking for and parsing out.

Dropping the reference to that file, offlineimap asks for my gmail password, and I think works, I ended up deleted it all as it seemed like I made a mess.

[nicolas33]

photon? I don't know it.

[johnmastro]

@5c0tt, I'm not familiar with photon either but I may be able to help with one other aspect.

The -u sjl part of that command assumes that your user name on the computer is sjl. If it's not, you should change it appropriately. (I suspect the command was copied from Steve Losh's The Homely Mutt, a nice article indeed).

Likewise, if the file has something like the below, you'll need to change the 'keychain' value to point at your actual login.keychain file. That probably just means replacing the sjl part again.

params = {
    'security': '/usr/bin/security',
    'command': 'find-internet-password',
    'account': account,
    'server': server,
    'keychain': '/Users/sjl/Library/Keychains/login.keychain',  # <-- Here
}

[chris001]

I hear there's 6.5.7 adapted to work on Mac OS X, available through
MacPorts.
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/mail/offlineimap/Portfile
Give it a try and post back your results!

On 9/18/2015 11:05 PM, Scott wrote:

I have been trying to get offlineimap up and running on OS X. Reading,
I am not sure if the photon file of offlineimap.py is part of
offlineimap or not, but perhaps someone can point me in the right
direction.

The file has a call in it to:
sudo -u sjl %(security)s -v %(command)s -g -a %(account)s -s
%(server)s %(keychain)s" % params

This command does not work on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. I played with
it in the command line, using hard coded parameters, and still get a
null return, not the "Password:" that the script ends up looking for
and parsing out.

Dropping the reference to that file, offlineimap asks for my gmail
password, and I think works, I ended up deleted it all as it seemed
like I made a mess.

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Chris Coleman notifications@github.com writes:

I hear there's 6.5.7 adapted to work on Mac OS X, available through
MacPorts.
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/mail/offlineimap/Portfile
Give it a try and post back your results!

I installed it using homebrew and it works nicely, but this has nothing
to do with the question (unless MacPorts adds this file, which I do not
know).

I use the following to get my password from the keychain:

a file named .offlineimap.py:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
import re, commands
def get_keychain_pass(account=None):
params = {
'security': '/usr/bin/security',
'command': 'find-generic-password',
'account': account,
}

command = "%(security)s %(command)s -g -a %(account)s " % params
outtext = commands.getoutput(command)
return re.match(r'password: "(.*)"', outtext).group(1)

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

in my .offlineimaprc (the relevant bits):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
pythonfile = ~/.offlineimap.py ## to specify the python file with the comand

remoteuser = MyUsername

to get the password:

remotepasseval = get_keychain_pass(account="RMKrugGmailOfflineimap")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I don't remember where I got this from, but I found it womewhere.

Cheers,

Rainer

On 9/18/2015 11:05 PM, Scott wrote:

I have been trying to get offlineimap up and running on OS X. Reading,
I am not sure if the photon file of offlineimap.py is part of
offlineimap or not, but perhaps someone can point me in the right
direction.

The file has a call in it to:
sudo -u sjl %(security)s -v %(command)s -g -a %(account)s -s
%(server)s %(keychain)s" % params

This command does not work on Mac OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. I played with
it in the command line, using hard coded parameters, and still get a
null return, not the "Password:" that the script ends up looking for
and parsing out.

Dropping the reference to that file, offlineimap asks for my gmail
password, and I think works, I ended up deleted it all as it seemed
like I made a mess.

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OfflineIMAP-project mailing list: OfflineIMAP-project@lists.alioth.debian.org
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/offlineimap-project

OfflineIMAP homepages:

• https://github.com/OfflineIMAP
• http://offlineimap.org

Rainer M. Krug
email: Rainerkrugsde
PGP: 0x0F52F982

[5c0tt]

photon, I think I mean python ;)
I did change the username, I acutely changed it to a hard coded user, and
$USER, the path to the keychain was updated, everything I could test, I
did, but I kept getting errors when running offlineimap on the command line.

I just ran a test on the shell and was able to get security to return to
me a correct value, so I think I am going better.

I just want to confirm, if i go through all this, set up offlienimap, and
tie it all in with mutt, I will be able to edit a subject and headers, and
they will sync back? I know that IMAP is not meant to be edited, so you
are essentially tossing out the original and replacing it in with a new
one, but in order for me to keep things organized, I need to edit my
messages, having a backup if the fist priority though.

Thank you.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 5:46 PM, John Mastro notifications@github.com
wrote:

@5c0tt https://github.com/5c0tt, I'm not familiar with photon either
but I may be able to help with one other aspect.

The -u sjl part of that command assumes that your user name on the
computer is sjl. If it's not, you should change it appropriately. (I
suspect the command was copied from Steve Losh's The Homely Mutt
http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/, a nice article
indeed).

Likewise, if the file has something like the below, you'll need to change
the 'keychain' value to point at your actual login.keychain file. That
probably just means replacing the sjl part again.

params = {
'security': '/usr/bin/security',
'command': 'find-internet-password',
'account': account,
'server': server,
'keychain': '/Users/sjl/Library/Keychains/login.keychain', # <-- Here

Scott

[nicolas33]

As long as the editor removes the old mail and creates a new one in the maildir on changes, offlineimap will do the right thing and sync back.