Re: [Duplicity-talk] PyDrive backend cannot authenticate because it uses out-of-bound

[edgar . soldin]

hmm,

did you try the 'gdrive://' backend?
http://duplicity.us/stable/duplicity.1.html#a-note-on-gdrive-backend

..ede

On 03.05.2023 11:51, Massimiliano Leoni wrote:
> Hello Edgar and thanks for the quick reply!
>
> I'm already using the latest version, 1.2.2, via its snap package.
> I checked the new documentation you pointed me to but the PyDrive section is
> identical to the other one.
>
> Anyway, I fiddled around a little bit in the Google console and set the project
> to "testing" [instead of "production"] so that it probably doesn't have to be
> perfectly secure and now it seems to work.
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Massimiliano
>
>
> On Dienstag, 2. Mai 2023 14:13:48 CEST edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk
> wrote:
> > hey Massimiliano,
> >
> > On 01.05.2023 19:43, Massimiliano Leoni via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I tried running duplicity to backup to my google drive and google is not
> > > letting me, saying that my application is blocked because it uses
> > > Out-of-bound [OOB] authentication, which is not secure.
> > >
> > > In particular, I'm getting
> > >
> > > Error 400: invalid_request
> > > The out-of-band (OOB) flow has been blocked in order to keep users secure.
> > > Follow the Out-of-Band (OOB) flow migration guide linked in the developer
> > > docs below to migrate your app to an alternative method.
> > > Request details: redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob
> >
> > what is your duplicity version? did you try the latest/greatest version
> > 1.2.2?
> > > and the migration guide is
> > > https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/
> > > oauth2/resources/oob-migration .
> > >
> > > My account is configured as a "regular account" following the instructions
> > > at https://duplicity.nongnu.org/vers8/duplicity.1.html#sect26
> >
> > that man page is outdated, but unfortunately we cannot delete it anymore.
> > nongnu is broken.
> >
> > use these ones instead
> >    https://duplicity.us/docs.html
> >
> > > Is there a way around this?
> >
> > i actually do not see any "oob" in the current backend source
> >
> > https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity/-/blob/main/duplicity/backends/gdriv
> > ebackend.py so my guess is, that using a current duplicity will resolve your
> > issue.
> >
> > good luck ..ede/duply.net
> >
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