We are trying to connect a javamail (1.6) client to our office365 mailbox hosted on office365 using OAUTH2 authentication.
No matter what we do, we keep getting A1 NO AUTHENTICATE failed.
We have registered our application with
API Permission
we followed all instructions stated at
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/legacy-protocols/how-to-authenticate-an-imap-pop-smtp-application-by-using-oauth
including running the powershell commands to create the principal using the app id and object id, and we granted the app full access to emailbox we want to access.
For authentication we do an HTTP POST as following which generates an access token
This is a client credentials flow with shared secret as explained here
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/v2-oauth2-client-creds-grant-flow
https://login.microsoftonline.com/{our tenant id}/oauth2/v2.0/token
with
client_id=...
client_secret=...
grant_type=client_credentials
scope=https://outlook.office365.com/.default
our javamail configuration
mail.store.protocol="imap"
mail.imap.host="outlook.office365.com"
mail.imap.port="993"
mail.imap.ssl.enable="true"
mail.imap.starttls.enable="true"
mail.imap.auth="true"
mail.imap.auth.mechanisms="XOAUTH2"
mail.imap.user="<email box>"
then in our java code we connect the store with the access token obtained from the above HTTP POST
store.connect(host, user, oauth2_access_token);
We also tried this powershell script, which returns the same error
https://github.com/DanijelkMSFT/ThisandThat/blob/main/Get-IMAPAccessToken.ps1
I do not believe that problem is specific to JavaMail.
It is extremely difficult to determine if an access token has the correct rights or there is something else that prevents the authentication
What else can we try?
Update 1
If we use the powershell script
https://github.com/DanijelkMSFT/ThisandThat/blob/main/Get-IMAPAccessToken.ps1
passing only the client id and the redirectUri the script prompts me for approval and it succeeds
but if we use clientsecret authorization fails
Update 2
I can successfully use javamail with the access token generated by the powershell script.
Clearly the token created with the clientsecret does not have enough rights to access IMAP or the mailbox
I start to wonder if token requests using client secret do not work because our Azure Active Directory has "security defaults" enabled.
May be MFA is enforced therefore any non-interactive requests are blocked
Update 3
https://jwt.ms allows to decode access tokens
The token created with just the clientid (code grant flow) is very different from the one created with the client_secret (client credentials flow).
In token from "code grant interactive" there is an attribute called "scp" Set of Scopes, which lists scopes regardless of what I have in my client app API permission ????
"scp": "IMAP.AccessAsUser.All Mail.Read Mail.Read.All Mail.Read.Shared Mail.ReadBasic User.Read"
The second token from the client credentials flow, has an attribute "roles", but does not have scopes
"roles": ["IMAP.AccessAsApp"]
RESOLVED!
looking at the access token we noticed that the client credentials flow subject (sub) was an id that we did not setup.
Here is the catch: when creating the service principal using powershell in exchange online, for serviceid you have to use the objectid of the enterprise application.
New-ServicePrincipal -AppId {clientid} -ServiceId {enterprise application objectid} -Organization {tenantid}
When creating an app registration Azure AD, you also create an enterprise application
The application object id is different from enterprise application object id.
The client credentials flow uses the enterprise application object id as the user asking for authorization.
The same for granting access to the mailbox using powershell
Add-MailboxPermission -Identity {email} -User -ServiceId {enterprise application objectid} -AccessRights FullAccess
it is unfortunate that the authentication process is so cumbersome
My two cents on this , if you are still facing authentication failure from javamail trying to connect to mailbox and read emails, First and foremost make sure the application setup in azure active directory has below permissions.
IMAP.AccessAsApp
Mail.Read
Mail.Send (For Sending)
Secondly, Create service principal with the enterprise application id as mentioned in the original post.
Once done check here if your generated token has all the roles you have assigned.
Even if you assigned necessary roles and you can able to connect to mailbox via powershell still you might get AUTHENTICATE failed from javamail because you might be using this property (mail.imap.auth.mechanisms) wrongly , replace mail.imap with mail.imaps and it should solve the problem.
"mail.imaps.auth.mechanisms"="XOAUTH2"
"mail.imap.host"="outlookoffice365.com"
"mail.smtp.port"=993
"mail.store.protocol"="imaps"
session.getStore("imaps")
store.connect(host,port,user,token)
Good luck !!
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I am trying to set up a resource owner password credentials flow (ROPC) in Azure Active Directory.
My objective is to generate an OAuth 2.0 Access token using my Company org AAD username/password.
I have registered an AAD App with Application (client) ID: “d76b7a4f-xxxxx-xxx” that has these permissions:
I then used Postman to send a request:
However, I am getting this above error. The username/password is correct, but still I am not sure why I am getting this above error message. Probably something to do with the "invalid_grant"?
I have followed these Microsoft articles to build up this ROPC flow:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/v2-oauth-ropc
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/add-ropc-policy?tabs=app-reg-ga&pivots=b2c-user-flow
In the above 2nd article, I am missing this part (Create a resource owner user flow): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/add-ropc-policy?tabs=app-reg-ga&pivots=b2c-user-flow#create-a-resource-owner-user-flow
Maybe that is the reason? Please note, I also don't have an admin role at my company's AAD.
What I am targeting here is to generate the identity of the AAD user in the form of an access token, which is then passed onto the backend system, which then responds based on the identity of the user accordingly.
I could generate the access token using the “client_credential” flow (see below), but I need the access token against the owner password credentials flow (ROPC).
Could you please help me out here.
I am setting up a PowerAutomate flow which will be called from a PowerApp. I would like fetch a JWT token from Azure AD in Power Automate and use that token to authenticate call a REST API, return back the result to PowerApps.
However, I would the JWT token be generated for the user which executes the flow and I dont want to hard-code user credentials in the flow. There would be multiple users executing the flow and each user would have different permissions in my App ( to which the REST call is made) so I want the authentication to the app be done as a named user rather than a service account/generic account
Thank you #lona Varga for your valuable suggestion. Posting your suggestion as an answer to help other community members.
To authenticate your application as a named user, please try the
following:
Create both backend and client application registrations in Azure portal.
After configuring these, create a custom connector by updating your security setting as below:
Authentication type: OAuth 2.0
Identity Provider: Azure Active Directory
Client ID: Client ID for Client App Registration
Client Secret: Client Secret for Client App Registration
Resource URL: Client ID fot Backend App Registration.
Update the redirect url by removing the existing value and add this newly created one, this is same for all connectors and it is :
https://global.consent.azure-apim.net/redirect
For more in detail, please refer below link:
Solved: Re: custom connector secure using Azure Active Dir... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)
Can I define custom scope(s) and have them returned when using the client credential flow in Azure AD?
In my experiment, I configured 2 Azure AD applications, one for a Web API and one for a client (Web API Client A). I added a scope to the Web API but when requesting the access token via the client credential flow, the scope wasn’t returned. 🤔
Also, it only allowed me to request an access token when using .default for a scope, i.e. api://web-api-client-credential-flow/.default.
I ran across this Azure Feedback item: V2.0 Client Credentials Implement Scopes so it appears scopes aren't supported in Azure AD under the client credential flow?
What’s the point in giving my Web API Client A application permissions for that scope if they are not returned? How could the Web API know if the daemon application has that scope to perform the necessary action?
It would seem I would have to use application permissions?
Yes, you have to use application permissions.
Scopes aka delegated permissions only apply when a user is involved in the login process.
They allow you to act on behalf of a user.
Application permissions are sort of roles given to the application itself.
They only apply when doing client credentials authentication, where no user is involved.
You can define application permissions on the app via the Manifest in the app registration.
These can then be assigned to the client application.
When getting the token, you must use .default because you cannot change your app permissions dynamically.
You always get what has been granted already.
In the token the permissions will be in a roles claim.
Can I define custom scope(s) and have them returned when using the client credential flow in Azure AD?
No, but you can define application permission(s) via the manifest (definitely not as nice as the UI for delegated scopes) and have them returned via the client credential flow:
Then you can provide the client app permission:
Now when requesting a token with a scope of api://web-api-client-credential-flow/.default the "scopes" are returned in the roles claim. Sample JWT
Yes, you need to use api://web-api-client-credential-flow/.default for client credential flow.
And the application permissions will be returned in roles instead of scopes.
I am trying come up with a bash script to register an application in Azure AD using the /beta/applications endpoint from Microsoft Graph.
To call /applications, I would need to get an access token.
Is it possible to get an access token for Microsoft Graph using just email address/password (Without a client-id)? I am looking for something like "Resource Owner Password Credentials Grant Flow" mentioned in OAUTH2 spec.
Any other alternative I can look into. I want to write a simple script that would manage application registration and any updates to the application in future.
Yes, there are several means of running a script against the Microsoft Graph API without a user present:
AD supports the resource owner credential grant that you described in your question. This flow doesn't support some new auth features like multifactor auth and you'll have to be very careful about securely storing your credentials.
The other option is to use V2 auth client credential flow. In this case, the tenant admin consents to the application on behalf of the tenant. Afterwards, the application can run without a user present. One benefit of this flow as opposed to the V1 resource owner credential grant is that you pass a client credential which can be revoked and re-generated if needed (rather than dealing with raw user credentials).
When using Azure AD client credentials flow, should the oauth2 endpoint (of azure ad) produce a bearer token if the client application has NOT been granted permission to access the requested resource? I was certain it used to error in this case, but I'm now seeing different behavior (a valid bearer token is now provided even if the client application does NOT have permission to the resource application).
We have always allowed tokens to be issues between two services when using the client credential flow. This scenario is basically S2S between Daemon Services.
The important thing to note here is that the built in authorization model for AAD takes advantage of SCP and ROLE claims, which appear in the token and can help your API understand what permissions it has been granted by the user.
However, we want to also allow you, in this situation, to use your own authorization layer. For example, you could simply white-list the App ID of the client application to allow it to make S2S calls to your API, without the presence of any ROLE claims in the token. The token issuance behavior here enables this scenario.