Lightread wont login to Google Reader

[Leon Marincowitz]

What happens:
Lightread does not login due to an authentication failure despite several attempts using the correct username and passowrd.

System Information:
Lightread 1.2.2
Ubuntu Quantal

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Consider support for oauth based authentication method to fix this issue.

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. Can you please state which version of Lightread you are running.

[Leon Marincowitz (lionthinker)]

Hi Nekhelesh

My lightread version is 1.2.2
Ubuntu Quantal

Leon G. Marincowitz
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On 07 Dec 2012 5:20 PM, "Nekhelesh Ramananthan" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thank you for reporting this bug. Can you please state which version of
> Lightread you are running.
>
> ** Changed in: lightread
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> report.
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>
> Title:
> Lightread wont login to Google Reader
>
> Status in Lightread:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> After a fresh install to Quantal I had to install Lightread again.
>
> Now wont log me in at all. Shows username and password but never logs
> in. Always failure, although password and username is correct.
>
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[Bhargav Mangipudi (bhargav)]

I am facing the similar issue but it may be because I have two-factor authentication enabled for my google account. I think the app should support oauth based authentication; that should solve my problem atleast.

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Hey Bhargav, that could have been the issue for the original reporter as well. Thank you for confirming this bug. I will triage the bug so that the developer has all the information necessary to fix this bug in the new release.

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Bhargav I don't think that the two-factor authentication is the problem here. I just finished setting up my google two-factor authentication where you need to enter the code from your phone to login. However the thing is Google provides a special setup for applications which don't have this capability to ask for codes. So you go to account.google.com/security where you can generate an application specific password for your Google account. You can then use this password for logging into in Lightread.

Can you also confirm if this works for you as well?

I will nonetheless keep this bug open since it would be nice to have oauth based authentication. However I believe that the two-factor authentication is not the cause for this bug where the user can't login.

[Leon Marincowitz (lionthinker)]

Hi all

Two factor is identification was never used on my account. My problem has
to do with logging out of GReader from in Lightread and not being able to
log back in.

I've searched for a cache folder that might have settings to delete and
start again buy can't find any.

Best

Leon G. Marincowitz
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On 06 Jan 2013 10:50 PM, "Nekhelesh Ramananthan" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Bhargav I don't think that the two-factor authentication is the problem
> here. I just finished setting up my google two-factor authentication
> where you need to enter the code from your phone to login. However the
> thing is Google provides a special setup for applications which don't
> have this capability to ask for codes. So you go to
> account.google.com/security where you can generate an application
> specific password for your Google account. You can then use this
> password for logging into in Lightread.
>
> Can you also confirm if this works for you as well?
>
> I will nonetheless keep this bug open since it would be nice to have
> oauth based authentication. However I believe that the two-factor
> authentication is not the cause for this bug where the user can't login.
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - Steps to reproduce:
> - 1. Set up your google account security using 2 factor authentication.
> You can find more information about this at
> https://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180744
> -
> - 2. Try logging in with Lightread to retrieve feeds.
> -
> What happens:
> Lightread does not login due to an authentication failure despite
> several attempts using the correct username and passowrd.
>
> System Information:
> Lightread 1.2.2
> Ubuntu Quantal
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Consider support for oauth based authentication method to fix this issue.
>
> ** Changed in: lightread
> Importance: High => Medium
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084030
>
> Title:
> Lightread wont login to Google Reader
>
> Status in Lightread:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> What happens:
> Lightread does not login due to an authentication failure despite
> several attempts using the correct username and passowrd.
>
> System Information:
> Lightread 1.2.2
> Ubuntu Quantal
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Consider support for oauth based authentication method to fix this issue.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightread/+bug/1084030/+subscriptions
>

[Bhargav Mangipudi (bhargav)]

Hi all

Lightread is not working with using the alternate App Specific password generated for my google account. I am not able to login. Thanks.