Public bug reported: I have successfully used "mbsync" agains my gmail account, in Ubuntu 24.10, but in Ubuntu 25.04 this no longer works. I have the following stanza in my ~/.mbsyncrc: PassCmd "/usr/bin/pass email/[email protected]" This now results in mbsync terminating with error message: (.venv) jw@SER8:~$ mbsync gmail C: 0/1 B: 0/0 F: +0/0 *0/0 #0/0 N: +0/0 *0/0 #0/0 Skipping account gmail-remote, PassCmd failed: Permission denied
I have tried a number of different variations for this stanza, including specifying just the path to a shell-script taking no arguments. If I instead specify the password in clear-text in .mbsyncrc, like this: Pass "1234 1234 1234 1234" then I can successfully synchronize with gmail. But having the password in clear-text does not seem very secure. I have now downloaded and built isync-1.5.1 from https://sourceforge.net/projects/isync/ This program appears to work correctly: I am now able to sync against gmail. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04 Package: isync 1.4.4-5build3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-15.15-generic 6.14.0 Uname: Linux 6.14.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun May 18 10:51:07 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-12-11 (158 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" - Release amd64 (20241009.4) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: isync UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to plucky on 2025-05-14 (4 days ago) ** Affects: isync (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2111196 Title: "mbsync gmail" unable to execute PassCmd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isync/+bug/2111196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
