xcauth not working in Docker container

[krzysztofgal]

Hi, I tried to run this service with debian:latest and ubuntu:19.04 based docker containers.
ejabberd log Failed to start external authentication program 'xcauth'.
I get following error on cmd: xcauth -i

2019-09-18 17:18:08,601 DEBUG: Opening database connections main=/var/lib/xcauth/xcauth.sqlite3, cache=none Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/xcauth", line 17, in <module> perform(args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xclib/authops.py", line 104, in perform s = socket.socket(fileno=stdinfd) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 151, in __init__ _socket.socket.__init__(self, family, type, proto, fileno) OSError: [Errno 88] Socket operation on non-socket: 'family'

installing xcauth with deb package by apt.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

This seems like it mistakenly believes to be started from systemd with socket activation.

Could you please tell more about the configuration? /etc/xcauth.conf, environment variables, (log) output with debug enabled (debug in /etc/xcauth.conf or --debug on the command line)?

[krzysztofgal]

/etc/xcauth.conf
type=ejabberd secret=xxx url=xxx log=/var/log/xcauth debug

# xcauth -i --debug
2019-09-19 08:47:26,994 DEBUG: Start external auth script 2.0.3+ for ejabberd with endpoint: https://xx.xx/index.php/apps/ojsxc/ajax/externalApi.php
2019-09-19 08:47:26,994 DEBUG: Opening database connections main=/var/lib/xcauth/xcauth.sqlite3, cache=none
2019-09-19 08:47:26,994 INFO: Initializing /var/lib/xcauth/xcauth.sqlite3 from None, None, and None
2019-09-19 08:47:26,994 DEBUG: Upgrading domain from None
2019-09-19 08:47:27,011 DEBUG: Creating cache table in <xclib.db.sq3c_debugger object at 0x7f4466496678>
2019-09-19 08:47:27,028 DEBUG: Upgrading cache from None
2019-09-19 08:47:27,028 DEBUG: Upgrading roster from None
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/xcauth", line 17, in <module> perform(args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/xclib/authops.py", line 104, in perform s = socket.socket(fileno=stdinfd) File "/usr/lib/python3.7/socket.py", line 151, in __init__ _socket.socket.__init__(self, family, type, proto, fileno) OSError: [Errno 88] Socket operation on non-socket: 'family'

# env
HOSTNAME=16dba53cf913 PWD=/ HOME=/root TERM=xterm SHLVL=1 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive _=/usr/bin/env

No log file created for xcauth.

[MarcelWaldvogel]

Thanks! I can reproduce the problem and am looking into it. Stay tuned ;-)

[MarcelWaldvogel]

Fixed in 4f77d65; released 2.0.4. You should be able to apt update/upgrade in a few minutes.