exchangecalendar fails to connect to server after Thunderbird restart when password is stored in password manager

[maciejjo]

Hi,

I have a strange issue with exchangecalendar, when I set up calendar it works fine, when I close Thunderbird and start it again, no items from calendar show up (this doesn't happen always, but if I restart after more than 5 minutes it is almost certain). From log I see that I got 401 Unauthorized:

1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.23:mivExchangeAuthPrompt2: passwordManagerGet found password for: username=intra\msobkows, aURL=https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx, aRealm=Exchange Web Service (_passwordManagerGet in mivExchangeAuthPrompt2.js:622)
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.23:mivExchangeAuthPrompt2: getPassword: There is a password stored in the passwordManager. (_getPassword in mivExchangeAuthPrompt2.js:153)
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.23:mivExchangeAuthPrompt2: getPassword: password(2)=******** (_getPassword in mivExchangeAuthPrompt2.js:164)
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.23:mivExchangeAuthPrompt2: asyncPromptAuthNotifyCallback: getPassword exception. err:URIError: malformed URI sequence (_asyncPromptAuthNotifyCallback in mivExchangeAuthPrompt2.js:338)
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: : ExchangeRequest.onLoad :load, readyState:4, status:401
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: : ExchangeRequest.onLoad :Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate
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1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: : ExchangeRequest.onLoad :
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: exchangeRequest.isHTTPRedirect.xmlReq. xmlReq.readyState:4, xmlReq.status:401
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: : isConnError req.status=401: Unauthorized
URL:https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx

1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.24:0d958714-5ebc-432d-b440-9fe6f668729d: ecExchangeRequest.fail: aCode:-19, aMsg:HTTP Client error 401: Unauthorized
URL:https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx



1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.25:[exchangeLoadBalancer] fb47d353-1a53-43be-9eed-e72500598cdb:https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx:jobObject:onRequestError. arg2:-19, arg3:HTTP Client error 401: Unauthorized
URL:https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx


 (_onRequestError in mivExchangeLoadBalancer.js:86)
1st-setup:2015-1-3 12:34:13.25:[My calendar] checkFolderPathError: Code:-19, Msg:HTTP Client error 401: Unauthorized
URL:https://webmail.intra.net/EWS/Exchange.asmx

Then when I delete this calendar and re-add it, sometimes it succeeds, sometimes I get error as well. We have two servers, sometimes changing server helps. In general, everything is pretty much random. Recently I did a clean OS install, and in previous install I had the same setup, I don't remember anything like that. (This was about two months ago).

EDIT:
It looks like it helps to delete the password from manager and set up the calendar again. When I enter the password manually, it seems to work. But when I enable plaintext password login, it prints it and it matches.

Ok, now I am certain - this only happens with password stored in password manager. Adding calendar didn't work randomly, but only when I cleared saved passwords first. The same goes for restarting - when I add calendar, it accepted password and synchronized, but when I restarted it took password from manager and failed. But, as I said, when logging password was enabled, it printed correct password to log.

Versions:
Thunderbird 31.4.0
Exchange EWS Provider 3.3.0 (I tried newest release as well, same issues)
Lightning 3.3.3

[pdunbar-methods]

I've experienced this issue for quite some time. My work-around has been to set my thunderbird homepage to https://{myhost}/ews/exchange.asmx. At thunderbird start, this begins an authenticated https session with ews, and things work fine from there. Usually, the home page doesn't come up so I have to hit alt+home in order to get the login prompt. But this all only happens once per session for me.

[bavincen]

Hi
I think this issue is not very clear.
What I see is server is negotiating your login.
Negotiating simply means your username or password is not correct

[maciejjo]

Ok, in theory you are right, but it is correct. When I turned password visibility on I could clearly see and confirm that it was correct. If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't post this issue. I tried multiple times, and it only works when password is not saved.

[CRCinAU]

Ok, so I was pulling my hair out when I couldn't get this thing to connect after having a successful connection a couple of times.... It didn't matter what I did, I always got Unauthorised 401 back... Deleting and readding the calendar didn't work. After removing the password manager entry - bingo - it worked perfectly again.

As soon as a told Thunderbird to remember the password again, boom, it was broken.

This is using 3.3.1 ~RC4.

[CRCinAU]

I should also note that I use the ExQuilla plugin as well to do mail from EWS in thunderbird. if either plugin saves the password, then this will fail.

[muthusuba]

@maciejjo @CRCinAU Thank you for debugging+confirming!

[Mechtilde]

Hello,

Am 08.03.2015 um 04:17 schrieb CRCinAU:

I should also note that I use the ExQuilla plugin as well to do mail
from EWS in thunderbird. if either plugin saves the password, then
this will fail.

Which function do you miss in Thunderbird to mail from EWS. Why do you
use ExQuilla?

We can discuss this beside this thread.

Kind regarrds

Mechtilde Stehmann

Key-ID 0x141AAD7F

[CRCinAU]

I use ExQuilla purely for mail access via EWS.

[Mechtilde]

Am 08.03.2015 um 08:23 schrieb CRCinAU:

I use ExQuilla purely for mail access via EWS.

I have no problems to do it without this AddOn which isn't Free Software

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Mechtilde Stehmann

PGP encryption welcome

Key-ID 0x141AAD7F

[CRCinAU]

Interesting - maybe email me direct - netwiz@crc.id.au and we'll talk (without polluting this report more)

[bavincen]

Duplicate of #42

We found this issue..

Thanks