imapsync/FAQ.d/FAQ.XOAUTH2.txt

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$Id: FAQ.XOAUTH2.txt,v 1.9 2016/01/28 14:34:15 gilles Exp gilles $

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  Imapsync tips to use XOAUTH2 authentication (Gmail) and old XOAUTH 
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Q. Is XOAUTH2 authentication available with imapsync?

R. Yes, but XOAUTH2 has been really tested on Unix systems, 
   less profund on Windows but it should work.

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Q. How to use XOAUTH2 to globally authenticate gmail users?

R. First, consider the XOAUTH2 feature at a prototype level.

Perl modules needed for xoauth2 are:
  Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA
  JSON
  JSON::WebToken
  LWP
  HTML::Entities
  Encode::Byte

A easy way to install or upgrade Perl modules is to use cpanm command,
also called cpanminus.

  sudo cpanm  JSON::WebToken JSON Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA LWP HTML::Entities Encode::Byte

The code and first explanation comes from Joaquin Lopez at
https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync/pull/25
http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync_list/msg02129.html

Also, the binary command "openssl" is needed since it is used to 
convert the pk12 file.
On Windows I've tried xoauth2 with openssl from
https://slproweb.com/download/Win32OpenSSL-1_0_2d.exe at
https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html
It works.

Here is a complete example for Gmail. It is a little stupid
since it is the same account as source and destination but
it's just to get the picture for xoauth2 authentication.

All xoauth2 config is given via the --password1 parameter. 
It has the form:

  --password1 "A;B;C"

where A = 108687549524-gj68fg5ho5icoicv3v79dq2rcuf5c85e@developer.gserviceaccount.com
is the name of the Google Developer API service account.

where B = /g/var/pass/imapsync-xoauth2-15f8456ad5b7_notasecret.p12
is the location of the keyfile associated with it.

where C = notasecret
is the password to access the keyfile.


imapsync \
        --host1 imap.gmail.com --ssl1 --user1 gilles.lamiral@gmail.com \
        --password1 "108687549524-gj68fg5ho5icoicv3v79dq2rcuf5c85e@developer.gserviceaccount.com;/g/var/pass/imapsync-xoauth2-15f8456ad5b7_notasecret.p12;notasecret" \
        --host2 imap.gmail.com --ssl2 --user2 gilles.lamiral@gmail.com \
        --password2 "108687549524-gj68fg5ho5icoicv3v79dq2rcuf5c85e@developer.gserviceaccount.com;/g/var/pass/imapsync-xoauth2-15f8456ad5b7_notasecret.p12" \
        --justfoldersizes --nofoldersizes \
        --authmech1 XOAUTH2 --authmech2 XOAUTH2 --debug

Use your own xoauth2 values.



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Q. How to use a proxy with XOAUTH2 authentication?

With imapsync 1.670, you have to set two environment variables
PERL_LWP_ENV_PROXY and https_proxy. Example:

  PERL_LWP_ENV_PROXY=1 https_proxy=http://myproxy:8080/ imapsync --host1 ...

With later release than 1.670, you have to set only the https_proxy
environment variable, if it isn't already set. Example:

  https_proxy=http://myproxy:8080/ imapsync --host1 ...


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Q. How to use XOAUTH to globally authenticate gmail users?

R0. XOAUTH is considered obsolete and superseded by XOAUTH2
    Anyway the manage part might be the same (I don't know).

R1. The XOAUTH code and this FAQ item come from Eduardo Bortoluzzi
    Thanks Eduardo!

R2. In case you still have to use XOAUTH, here is the method:

   The goal of OAUTH is to migrate all users from/to Google Apps 
   Premier Edition without knowing their passwords.

   The global password is available at the Google Apps control panel, 
   at Advanced Tools -> Manage OAuth domain key.

./imapsync \
    --host1 imap.gmail.com --ssl1 \
    --user1 foo@lab3.dedal.br \
    --password1 secret1 \
    --authmech1 XOAUTH \
    --host2 imap.gmail.com --ssl2 \
    --user2 bar@lab3.dedal.br \
    --password2 secret2 \
    --authmech2 XOAUTH

Google Apps is a paid service, but you can try it for 30 days without any cost.

Some notes about configuring the Google Apps XOAUTH:

 On "Advanced Tools > Manage OAuth domain key > Two-legged OAuth access control" 
    the "Allow access to all APIs" must be checked 
    (https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=162105)

 OR

 On "Advanced Tools > Manage third party OAuth client access", 
    the configured costumer key must have the scope 
    "https://mail.google.com/" configured 
    (https://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=162106).