ejabberd - Comments for "ejabberd_xmlrpc module doesn't work with auth"

Working script for different configurations

mfoss — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:18 +0000

After some testing, I found the correct script for the different settings.

Not require auth

If you configure like this:

{listen, [
  ...
  {4560, ejabberd_xmlrpc, [
  ]},
  ...
 ]}.

Then use a script like this:

import xmlrpclib
server_url = 'http://localhost:4560';
server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url);

params = {}
params["host"] = "localhost"

print server.registered_users(params)

Requiring auth

If you configure like this:

{acl, admin, {user, "joerules", "localhost"}}.
{access, configure, [{allow, admin}]}.
{listen, [
  ...
  {4560, ejabberd_xmlrpc, [
        {access_commands, [{configure, all, []}]}
  ]},
  ...
 ]}.

Then use a script like this:

import xmlrpclib
server_url = 'http://localhost:4560';
server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url);

params = {}
params["host"] = "localhost"

auth = {}
auth["user"] = "joerules"
auth["server"] = "localhost"
auth["password"] = "mypass123"

print server.registered_users(auth, params)

doesn't work yet

oriol.rius — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:03:02 +0000

But in docu says:

In this case authentication information must be provided, but it is
enough that the account exists and the password is valid to execute
any command:
{listen, [
  {4560, ejabberd_xmlrpc, [{maxsessions, 10}, {timeout, 5000},
                           {access_commands, [{all, all, []}]}]},
  ...
 ]}.

although I tried to change first 'all' by 'admin1' and it has the same behaviour.

The documentation says: 5.

mfoss — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:52:47 +0000

The documentation says:

5. Note: if ejabberd_xmlrpc has the option 'access_commands' configured, as the example
   configurations provided above, the XML-RPC must include first an
   argument providing information of a valid account.