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

"Derek Atkins" <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:54:50 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.virus.maiamailguard
Message-ID <[email protected]>
That was it.  Now it appears to be filtering and scoring properly.
Thank you for humoring me.
And thank you all for your help!
-derek

On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:49 pm, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>        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
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