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

"Derek Atkins" <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2022 20:02:06 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.virus.maiamailguard
Message-ID <[email protected]>
indeed.  Luckily I did not lose any sleep over this.  Literally only been
working on this for about 10 hours, though :)

-derek

On Sun, November 27, 2022 7:56 pm, Lawrence Mulder wrote:
> Awesome!  Amazing sometimes it’s a simple checkbox that causes us to chase
> rabbits down holes all over the place.  Ah, the joys.
>
> Glad to help!
> Cheers,
> -Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2022 6:55 PM
> To: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lawrence Mulder <[email protected]>; David Sims
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Maia-users] Locked myself out of my root account? [SOLVED?]
>
> 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
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>        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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