XOAUTH2 Authentication Failed but not required!

[tommasop]

General informations

• system/distribution (with version): OSX 10.11.6
• offlineimap version (offlineimap -V): offlineimap v7.0.14, imaplib2 v2.57 (bundled), Python v2.7.11
• Python version: 2.7.11
• server name or domain: G Suite
• CLI options: None

Configuration file offlineimaprc

[general]
accounts = A, B
ui = ttyui
pythonfile=~/bin/offlineimap-helpers.py

[Account A]
localrepository = LocalA
remoterepository = RemoteA

[Account B]  <-- G Suite
localrepository = LocalB
remoterepository = RemoteB

[Repository LocalA]
type = Maildir
localfolders = ~/Mail/A

[Repository RemoteA]
type = IMAP
createfolders = False
remotehost = 
remoteuser = 
remotepasseval = get_pass("A")
ssl=true
sslcacertfile = /usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem
expunge = no
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['INBOX.Trash']
nametrans = lambda folder: re.sub('^INBOX\.', '', re.sub(' +', '_', folder))
maxconnections = 3

[Repository LocalB]
type = Maildir
localfolders = ~/Mail/B

[Repository RemoteB]
type = IMAP
createfolders = False
auth_mechanisms = PLAIN,LOGIN   <-- WITHOUT THIS LINE GIVES THE ERROR
remotehost = imap.gmail.com
remoteuser = 
remotepasseval = get_pass("B")
ssl=true
sslcacertfile = /usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem
expunge = no
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['INBOX.Trash']
nametrans = lambda folder: re.sub('^INBOX\.', '', re.sub(' +', '_', folder))
folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername not in ['[Gmail]/Spam','[Gmail]/Trash']
maxconnections = 3

pythonfile (if any)

#! /usr/bin/env python2
from subprocess import check_output

def get_pass(account):
        return check_output("gpg --quiet --for-your-eyes-only --no-tty --decrypt ~/.msmtp-" + account + ".gpg", shell=True).strip("\n")

Logs, error

Account sync B:
 *** Processing account B
 Establishing connection to imap.gmail.com:993 (RemoteB)
 XOAUTH2 authentication failed: AUTHENTICATE command error: BAD ['Client aborted AUTHENTICATE command. s4mb245366598wrc']. Data: IPNF2 AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2

Steps to reproduce the error

• launch offlineimap

[nicolas33]

Does the above patch/version fix your issue?

[nicolas33]

It's possible to install offlineimap as a user: remove the currently installed offlineimap and download the zip (or git clone the repository). Then ./offlineimap.py [options].

[tommasop]

Thanks! You actually guessed the problem I was facing ... not being able to understand how to use the git repository! ;) Excerpts from Nicolas Sebrecht's message of 2017-03-21 13:44:33 -0700:

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It's possible to install offlineimap as a user: remove the currently installed offlineimap and download the zip (or `git clone` the repository). Then `./offlineimap.py [options]`.

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[nicolas33]

,-)

I'm pretty sure you've noticed the correct version to check is this one.

I'd say that downloading the zip is better to be sure the version is correct. Otherwise, git users have to make sure they've "checkout" the correct branch.

[nicolas33]

Gentle up!

[klemens]

I had the same problem and the patch applied on top of version 7.1.0 seems to fix it (I didn't have any XOAUTH2-errors since then).

[nicolas33]

Thank you much @klemens ! Patch applied. :-)