Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 454947
Evolution error connecting to exhange servers using exchange plugin
Last modified: 2009-07-14 10:28:33 EDT
Description of problem: When trying to get connected to my exchange account, I am getting several errors, and it will repeatedly try to have me log into one of the underlying fileservers, which it fails everytime. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.22.0 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start up evolution 2. Configure to use our OWA 3. On full startup (or restart), it fails to connect, trying to force me to connect to one of the public file folder servers, not the main mailbox server. Actual results: Failed logins, get the following from the command line when I try and do the full login: CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange' ** (evolution:6576): DEBUG: mailto URL command: evolution --component=mail %s ** (evolution:6576): DEBUG: mailto URL program: evolution ** (evolution:6576): WARNING **: Unexpected kerberos error -1765328230 (evolution:6576): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange' (evolution:6576): e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange' (evolution:6576): e-data-server-DEBUG: Loaded default categories BBDB spinning up... (evolution:6576): e-data-server-DEBUG: Saving categories to "/home/weathnr/.evolution/categories.xml" It is interesting the kerberos error message, and the not able to find the key group. Expected results: It used to work (Fedora 8) and I could get to my email and my calendar on exchange. Additional info: I will attach a file with the same error output so that it will be easier to see.
Created attachment 311522 [details] Evolution errors while using with exchange connector.
Me to. More details to come, possibly from another machine.
Are you running this from KDE or Gnome? If Gnome, it seems odd to not sort out it's own Keyring crap. I see the same from KDE: CalDAV Eplugin starting up ... e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange' e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange' (evolution:7332): e-utils-WARNING **: No parent set, or default parent available for error dialog e-data-server-ui-Message: Unable to find password(s) in keyring (Keyring reports: No matching results) e-data-server-ui-Message: Key file does not have group 'Passwords-Exchange'
Apart from the WARNING, those are just status messages. They don't necessarily indicate a problem, although in this case it looks like Evolution can't find the Exchange password is in the keyring nor in the old ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution keyfile. The kerberos error is probably significant.
(In reply to comment #4) > Apart from the WARNING, those are just status messages. They don't necessarily > indicate a problem, although in this case it looks like Evolution can't find > the Exchange password is in the keyring nor in the old > ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution keyfile. > > The kerberos error is probably significant. Don't think so. I don't get the kerberos error, yet I see the same error on the desktop. I'll see what I can find with a trace and snoop.
Hmm. My Exchange server is behind an ISA proxy (with a form login). Searching the net clues me that might come into play?
I'm in the same boat (ISA cluster infront of the mail hub), which is fixed by an entry in hosts pointing my webmail at the mailhub), but there is still an issue with the plugin. When I fill the details for my end, evolution throws the following output; get username exchange://username;auth=Basic@webmail.domain.edu.au/ Find Items 9 Couldn't Get password 9 Get Default 0 Find Items 9 Couldn't clear password (evolution:19532): e-utils-WARNING **: No parent set, or default parent available for error dialog However, our mailhub is listening on mulhub1.domain.edu.au/OWA. Putting an /owa on the end of the URL in the config box is ignored in the get. Shouldn't this be accepted, as the mailhub won't redirect from mailhub.domain.edu.au to mailhub.domain.edu.au/owa/ evolution-data-server-1.12.3-6.fc8 evolution-2.12.3-5.fc8 evolution-exchange-2.12.3-1.fc8
Forgot to mention the Exchange install at my end is outlook 2007, hence the ISA cluster. I notice the Ximian plugin is only designed for outlook 2000 and 2003.
Exchange 2007 is currently not supported due to backward compatibility breakage on Microsoft's part. The Evolution team is currently working hard on Exchange 2007 support. ETA is currently Fedora 11, but that's highly tentative.
(In reply to comment #9) > Exchange 2007 is currently not supported due to backward compatibility breakage > on Microsoft's part. The Evolution team is currently working hard on Exchange > 2007 support. ETA is currently Fedora 11, but that's highly tentative. Thanks Matt. Oh, and sorry for hijacking the bug. I promise I'll drink *all* my morning coffee first next time and I'll read the entire bug, and not just the last comment.
The issue seems to be the ISA proxy, not just Exchange 2007. I was able to establish the connection, while inside my office, directly to our Exchange 2003 frontend server.
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Is this bug still present on Fedora 11 or later?
I was able to setup Evolution with openchange-0.8.2-2 plugin and have gotten Evoution to the point of downloading mail from our Exchange 2007 cluster. It fails part way through the fetch, but I don't know if that's an exchange connectivity problem or an Evolution problem. I'll open another bug once I know where the problem lies, but as on F11, setting up Evolution+Exchange WFM.
Thanks for the update. Will wait a little longer for another confirmation before closing.
Currently, Fedora 11 works with our setup here, where Fedora 9 and 10 didn't. It may be that they switched Exchange on us and didn't tell us (surprise, surprise). I am actually getting better stability at the moment from the OWA plugin than I am from the MAPI plugin, so I have gone back to using the OWA plugin. Thanks for the hard work on this. Norman Weathers
For me exchange plugin stopped working with Fedora 11. The MAPI plugin can't fetch any folder and the exhange (OWA) plugin can't authorize with the exchange server. For more details see Bug 506077. With best regards Thomas
Hi Thomas have you tried it with openchange (the open exchange based plugin)? You might need to reconfigure your auth options after install.
Hi Steve, i assume you mean the MAPI plugin. It doesn't work for me. exchange-mapi-connection.c:2660: Entering exchange_mapi_get_folders_list libexchangemapi-Message: exchange-mapi-connection.c:2662: exchange_mapi_get_folders_list: lock(connect_lock) OpenMsgStore : ecWrongServer (0x478) libexchangemapi-Message: exchange-mapi-connection.c:2733: exchange_mapi_get_folders_list: unlock(connect_lock) But this seems to be okay. MAPI is only known to work with Exchange Server 2007. I've got to use Exchange Server 2003. @Matthew Is there anything that i can do, to help you to fix the BUG? With best regards Thomas
Hi Thomas No, I mean openchange; [sjw@f11 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep opench openchange-0.8.2-2.fc11.i586 http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/06/09/fedora-11-released-features-openchange-mapi-link-to-exchange/ [sjw@f11 ~]$ yum info openchange <snip> Installed Packages Name : openchange Arch : i586 Version : 0.8.2 Release : 2.fc11 Size : 1.3 M Repo : installed Summary : Provides access to Microsoft Exchange servers using native protocols URL : http://www.openchange.org/ License : GPLv3+ and Public Domain Description: OpenChange provides libraries to access Microsoft Exchange servers : using native protocols.
doh, ignore me, I see what you're saying. move along now.
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