Re: Locked myself out of my root account? [SOLVED?]

"Derek Atkins" <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:49:57 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.virus.maiamailguard
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Aha, I found the little button next to the email in the Settings ->
Addresses page.
Let's see if those changes make a difference..

-derek

On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:45 pm, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:32 pm, Lawrence Mulder wrote:
>> Also, if spam filtering is disabled for your user in the web interface,
>> messages will not be scored or stored either.  Also, IIRC there is a
>> setting in the admin section of the web internet to cache non-spam items
>> or not.  You may need to double check that as well.
>
> I am not sure how to enable/disable it for my user in the web interface...
> I've gone through every page I could find and don't see anything.
>
> However, I did put an 'N' in the "spamtrap" setting in the DB for my user
> when I recreated it.  I noticed it from this log entry, where
> "bypass_spam_checks" is set to "Y".  Not sure why "bypass_header_checks"
> is also set to "Y"?
>
> Nov 27 19:32:45 mail maiad[416978]: (416978-01) lookup_sql (cached):
> "[email protected]" matches, result=(bad_header_lover=>"Y",
> banned_files_lover=>"Y", bypass_banned_checks=>"Y",
> bypass_header_checks=>"Y", bypass_spam_checks=>"Y",
> bypass_virus_checks=>"Y", discard_bad_headers=>"N",
> discard_banned_files=>"N", discard_spam=>"N", discard_viruses=>"N",
> email=>"@ihtfp.com", id=>"4", maia_domain_id=>"3", maia_user_id=>"4",
> policy_id=>"4", policy_name=>"@ihtfp.com", priority=>"2",
> spam_kill_level=>"999", spam_lover=>"Y", spam_modifies_subj=>"N",
> spam_quarantine_to=>-, spam_tag2_level=>"999", spam_tag_level=>"999",
> virus_lover=>"Y")
>
> not sure if "spamtrap" is the right setting?
>
> -derek
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 6:31 PM
>> To: Lawrence Mulder <[email protected]>
>> Cc: David Sims <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: [Maia-users] Locked myself out of my root account?
>> [SOLVED?]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:22 pm, Lawrence Mulder wrote:
>>> Granted, but if you start over with a fresh DB and it still doesn't
>>> work,
>>> it is for naught.  In any case, it would be nice to know what the issue
>>> is.  Have you increased the verbosity of your logging?  It sounds like
>>> maia thinks all your messages are whitelisted which won't get stored in
>>> the DB.
>>
>> Not sure why it would think that.  There are some entries in the W/B
>> list,
>> but not sure why "everything" would be whitelisted.
>>
>> Good point on the logging -- I increased from level 1 to 5 in maiad and
>> restarted, so..  We'll see what it says on the next message
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Larry
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 6:19 PM
>>> To: Lawrence Mulder <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: David Sims <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>>> Subject: RE: [Maia-users] Locked myself out of my root account?
>>> [SOLVED?]
>>>
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:10 pm, Lawrence Mulder wrote:
>>>> I wouldn't do that.  It sounds like a configuration issue and not a DB
>>>> issue.
>>>
>>> Well, this is a fresh install of maia, for all intents and purposes, so
>>> if
>>> I need to "start over" I might as well.
>>>
>>> The fact that no new mail is showing up in the UI is worrisome,
>>> considering there is nothing in the logs to indicate that maia is NOT
>>> processing them.  The fact that 'select count(*) from maia_mail;' does
>>> not
>>> appear to be increasing is also worrisome.
>>>
>>> Sure, this COULD be a config issue.  Or it could have been broken when
>>> I
>>> accidentally linked my (root) user to another 'account' and tried to
>>> fix
>>> it by the DB.  I could easily have missed something when "fixing" it.
>>> So
>>> restarting it would be the simplest thing as it has no data right now.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Larry
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Maia-users <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
>>>> Derek
>>>> Atkins
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 5:29 PM
>>>> To: David Sims <[email protected]>
>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Maia-users] Locked myself out of my root account?
>>>> [SOLVED?]
>>>>
>>>> Well, right now nothing is even showing up in maia.  Even this message
>>>> that I am responding to is not listed.  Maia is showing "0" messages
>>>> in
>>>> all categories.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if I need to blow away the DB and just start over due to my
>>>> user-linking brain-o earlier?
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 6:18 pm, David Sims wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>   If I remember correctly, spamAssassin requires to use the first 200
>>>>> spams (as marked in the UI) and the same number of hams to train its
>>>>> Bayesian filter… So… Just start marking spams and hams in the UI and
>>>>> after 200 of each it will start working….
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 27, 2022, at 4:09 PM, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jake,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 4:43 pm, jjs - mainphrame wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm a little rusty myself, but I remember solving a similar problem
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> few
>>>>>>> years ago, I would double check all the settings in the web
>>>>>>> interface,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> those in maia.conf and maiad.conf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have looked through all the configs and all look correct.  Most of
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> are set to "undef", the default, to let the script find it. That's
>>>>>> how
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> old system was set up, too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The load-sa-rules script gets run every night, and I do get notice
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> (sometimes) new rules get added to the database.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, even though it appears maia is running, I don't see
>>>>>> anything
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> the UI -- no new messages are showing up in any category.  For
>>>>>> example,
>>>>>> this came through:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nov 27 16:59:04 mail maiad[414614]: (414614-05) LMTP::10024
>>>>>> /var/lib/maia/tmp/maia-20221127T162033-414614: <[email protected]>
>>>>>> ->
>>>>>> <[email protected]> Received: SIZE=3896 BODY=7BIT from mail.ihtfp.org
>>>>>> ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024)
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> LMTP id 414614-05 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:59:04
>>>>>> -0500
>>>>>> (EST)
>>>>>> Nov 27 16:59:04 mail maiad[414614]: (414614-05) Checking:
>>>>>> [94.182.146.22]
>>>>>> <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Nov 27 16:59:04 mail maiad[414614]: (414614-05) FWD via SMTP:
>>>>>> [127.0.0.1]:10025 <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Nov 27 16:59:04 mail maiad[414614]: (414614-05) Passed CLEAN,
>>>>>> [94.182.146.22] [197.184.178.212] <[email protected]> ->
>>>>>> <[email protected]>, Message-ID:
>>>>>> <[email protected]>, Hits: -, 187 ms
>>>>>> Nov 27 16:59:04 mail maiad[414614]: (414614-05) Passed CLEAN,
>>>>>> <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Hits: -, tag=999,
>>>>>> tag2=999,
>>>>>> kill=999, L/0/0/0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But currently the main page shows '0' messages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, looking for "spamas" in the maillog, all I see are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nov 27 14:22:08 mail maiad[413327]: Module Mail::SpamAssassin
>>>>>> 3.004006
>>>>>> Nov 27 14:22:08 mail maiad[413327]: SpamControl: initializing
>>>>>> Mail::SpamAssassin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So it's loading it, but as far as I can tell, not actually doing
>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm at a loss.  :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jake
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 1:36 PM Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's been like a decade since I set up the previous version, so
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> these details are rusty.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The other issue I am facing right now is that it does not appear
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>> Spamassassin rules are being run.  Every message appears to come
>>>>>>>> through
>>>>>>>> with a score of 0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 4:33 pm, jjs - mainphrame wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I set my custom levels by editing maia/config.php starting after
>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>>> line 150:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> $protection = array(...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jake
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 10:57 AM Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For the record, I seem to have recovered.  Looking in the DB I
>>>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>> email address in the 'users' table with id=2 but "tied" to the
>>>>>>>>>> linked
>>>>>>>>>> account (which had id=12).  I also noticed there was no entry in
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> maia_users table for my original primary account, and it was
>>>>>>>>>> missing
>>>>>>>>>> id=2.
>>>>>>>>>> So I ran the following two queries:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> update users set maia_user_id=2 where id=2;
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> insert into maia_users
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (id,user_name,user_level,reminders,charts,primary_email_id,language,charset,spamtrap,password,auto_whitelist,items_per_page,spam_quarantine_sort,virus_quarantine_sort,header_quarantine_sort,attachment_quarantine_sort,ham_cache_sort,discard_ham,theme_id,quarantine_digest_interval,last_digest_sent,truncate_subject,truncate_email)
>>>>>>>>>> values (2, '<my_email_address> 'S', 'N', 'N', 2, 'en',
>>>>>>>>>> 'ISO-8859-1',
>>>>>>>>>> 'N',
>>>>>>>>>> NULL,'Y', 50, 'XA', 'DA', 'DA', 'DA', 'XD', 'Y', 2, 0, NULL, 20,
>>>>>>>>>> 20);
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Once I did this, I was able to login again and get the to admin
>>>>>>>>>> page!
>>>>>>>>>> And
>>>>>>>>>> then I was able to link the account and email in the correct
>>>>>>>> direction.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hopefully this won't cause other issues down the road.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The next thing I'm trying to figure out is where/how I set my
>>>>>>>>>> "custom
>>>>>>>>>> levels".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, November 27, 2022 12:41 pm, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I am in the process of migrating my mail server to a new
>>>>>>>>>>> server,
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> migrating maia along the way.  I had had it all set up, but
>>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> started
>>>>>>>>>>> to try (re)linking addresses to my account, and apparently I
>>>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> "wrong way" and now I locked myself out of my account.  My
>>>>>>>>>>> account
>>>>>>>>>> *was*
>>>>>>>>>>> the root account, but now it's linked to a "new user", somehow.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have access to the mysql DB but I'm at a loss to figure out
>>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> undo
>>>>>>>>>>> this mistake.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When I try to login to my standard user account I get
>>>>>>>>>>> "Attempted
>>>>>>>> login
>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>> linked account rejected.  Please use the primary account"  But
>>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> try
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> use the account I linked to (or what I think I linked to),
>>>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> password I got, I get "no login for user".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If I cannot log in as the root user (which means I do not have
>>>>>>>> access
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> the admin page) how can I undo this mistake?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Help!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -derek
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>>>>>>>>       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>>>>>>>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>>>>>>>       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>>>>>>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>>>>>       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>>>>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>>>       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>>>
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>>>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>        [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>        [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>        [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>
>>
>
>
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>        [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>
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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       [email protected]             www.ihtfp.com
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