From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS,URI_TRY_3LD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6C21F66E for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:39:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728341AbgH2Pjc (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:39:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35118 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728196AbgH2Pja (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:39:30 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-x243.google.com (mail-lj1-x243.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::243]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C832C061236 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-x243.google.com with SMTP id y2so2126597ljc.1 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:39:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=urhHZG0hAEfBjSdKoLa54fiCeZQ/hafTo5FjUcWLqPQ=; b=isJpz59SBiHFvY7ZqHKL/R/N0PYaaYrbCTqC0eA1lL7YOKXK7wFGz939O/UHv3SKi5 +pNsVPrBhIdrOd0MxlakeTh4NO9Vq4olpvYl22QA00E33Y9qJ16dqjfz03vXfKmYL/0w vybKaHlinC3ZIX+lJvqBTtVmsQ8ddYhpnkYKgCPOGBHINnPIOtEJpWV0Nb6Vid/Jat+p Yczo8Kc//AQ0l8nq9qrLTp/7vjDq5P8PAfcdVMANJxeTj84pCzYeHVS9mqQk9r/ogv8q tQ4fRGuu2bxXm6KL2BfKjN4aUAAjoa7+oww4ii4Q59FBpd7uyjY19FxwEmeYPHoWnyO9 LcZg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=urhHZG0hAEfBjSdKoLa54fiCeZQ/hafTo5FjUcWLqPQ=; b=BjLJpPjG1weBWZj9VOOJ41yE3HqkdEocTIFddQb07w1Exvb5YLvokzOObWdlADbzec rkKiw7FPl2SNcjClSRWUgnl64OrpT3NBQBQtHA8VhQXruWQnOiFXH5ZpGIQWxr516ilA Pt1iK2/+lSMENMm6XU6hxrB6zqMZLA3M+n8ij8z6jqhCsdHffIZaGVPr+VxcuaX/mP0a 2n+XXuIhQd7J866DRv+5W3bm87F7VLTpoPMuSANSK4kAq3ePIXKNSvYIgICMFdAB17Bf mvLSuYxcATV43bAN990c7XlfX0CbN6OZy/matICKey2Id0yZTQ9+7uyzheiRlY9QYjrl pvDA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533h4lz+qrqQGPQaLjgLjmA3fN+j9CWShKvpJA5BzsaoxXvAzIEm KRigRAixn9R3v9zTp/HHbCM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxv4zJd8xXAzGEUzNyEgKCBEDYOhYbaoc7YUmuMC9RmvCniKfTvjH3vkJU4ODdwFILjNGgKGA== X-Received: by 2002:a2e:85d5:: with SMTP id h21mr1625111ljj.461.1598715566891; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:39:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from glva-laptop.open-synergy.com ([178.212.102.126]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h19sm685591lfp.39.2020.08.29.08.39.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:39:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Vasyl Vavrychuk To: Eric Sunshine Cc: Git List , Vasyl Vavrychuk Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-send-email.txt: Mention less secure app access might need to enable. Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 18:39:20 +0300 Message-Id: <20200829153920.17155-1-vvavrychuk@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.23.0 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Looks like Google changed Gmail security and now less secure app access needs to be explicitly enabled if 2-factor authentication is not in place, otherwise send-mail fails with: 5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials v5sm13756502ede.13 - gsmtp Signed-off-by: Vasyl Vavrychuk --- Documentation/git-send-email.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt index 0a69810147..06953fd1e0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt @@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ edit ~/.gitconfig to specify your account settings: smtpServerPort = 587 ---- -If you have multifactor authentication setup on your gmail account, you will +If you do not have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you +will need to allow less secure app access. Visit +https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps to enable it. + +If you have multi-factor authentication set up on your Gmail account, you will need to generate an app-specific password for use with 'git send-email'. Visit https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords to create it. -- 2.23.0