Hello everyone,
I’m trying to set up a Passbolt server (on AlmaLinux 9.4) using Gmail’s SMTP service, but I’m facing some issues. I can’t access the Passbolt web interface because I’m not receiving the password recovery email. Below is my current configuration in the **passbolt.php** file:
'EmailTransport' => [
'default' => [
'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com', // SMTP Server
'port' => 587,
'username' => 'password@web.com', // SMTP User
'password' => 'Application-specific_password',
'className' => 'Smtp',
'tls' => true,
],
],
When I run the following command to test email sending:
sudo -u nginx /usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt send_test_email --recipient=jsuarez@web.com
I get the following log output:
[root@ip28 ~]# sudo -u nginx /usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt send_test_email --recipient=jsuarez@web.com
____ __ ____
/ __ \____ _____ ____/ /_ ____ / / /_
/ /_/ / __ `/ ___/ ___/ __ \/ __ \/ / __/
/ ____/ /_/ (__ |__ ) /_/ / /_/ / / /
/_/ \__,_/____/____/_.___/\____/_/\__/
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Debug email shell
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Email configuration
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Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
Username: password@web.com
Password: *********
TLS: true
Sending email from: Password <password@web.com>
Sending email to: jsuarez@web.com
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Trace
[220] smtp.gmail.com ESMTP 6a1803df08f44-6c162d21759sm59312896d6.25 - gsmtp
EHLO localhost
[250] smtp.gmail.com at your service, [54.39.92.28]
[250] SIZE 35882577
[250] 8BITMIME
[250] STARTTLS
[250] ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
[250] PIPELINING
[250] CHUNKING
[250] SMTPUTF8
STARTTLS
[220] 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
EHLO localhost
[250] smtp.gmail.com at your service, [54.39.92.28]
[250] SIZE 35882577
[250] 8BITMIME
[250] AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH
[250] ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
[250] PIPELINING
[250] CHUNKING
[250] SMTPUTF8
AUTH PLAIN *****
[534] 5.7.9 Application-specific password required. For more information, go to
[534] 5.7.9 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=InvalidSecondFactor 6a1803df08f44-6c162d21759sm59312896d6.25 - gsmtp
Could not send the test email.
Error: SMTP Error: 530 5.7.0 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=WantAuthError 6a1803df08f44-6c162d21759sm59312896d6.25 - gsmtp
It seems that the issue is related to Gmail’s application-specific password. However, I have already disabled the firewall to rule out any network issues. Interestingly, when using the same credentials on the GMass SMTP Test tool, everything seems to work fine.
Could someone help me figure out what might be going wrong? I appreciate any suggestions in advance.