Unable to connect (Conversation error) Auth Enabled

[KP4AJ]

Hi: I am running a repeater only setup (Ubuntu + PI 4). I was able to modify the repeater python code to allow setup custom config directory. Reference: https://groups.io/g/d-rats/message/2672?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3ACreated%2C%2Chack+repeater%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C100473319

D-Rats runs nicely BUT IF I enable Auth I get the error: Unable to connect (Conversation error) with Auth Enabled at config file. A login is not completed. Without Auth True connections ok and D-Rats functionality seems ok.

Paths are as follow /opt/d-rats/repeater.config

users.txt file gets read if I place at /opt/d-rats/

Otherwise (if I place users.txt file elsewhere) I get a users.txt not found error at repeater log

Repeater log file gets placed at: /home/drats/.d-rats.ev/repeater.log

I am interested in using D-Rats with Auth enabled. Any idea what the error means and which files I should look into will be appreciated. I modify the host (Preferences>Radio) at D-Rats client with the password used at users.txt but nothing.

Just placing here for feedback or pointers.

Thanks in advance.

73

Edfel KP4AJ

[KP4AJ]

systemctl status drats repeater shows:

File "/home/dir/D-Rats/d_rats/transport.py", line 400, in auth_connect Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: if authfn and not authfn(self.pipe): Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: File "/home/dir/D-Rats/d-rats_repeater.py", line 335, in auth_user Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: username, password = self.auth_exchange(pipe) Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: File "/home/dir/D-Rats/d-rats_repeater.py", line 299, in auth_exchange Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: pipe.write(b"102 %s okay\r\n" % cmd) Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: ~~~~~^~~ Sep 12 02:48:02 host python3.11[31309]: TypeError: %b requires a bytes-like object, or an object that implements bytes, not 'str'

Using D-Rats 0.4.1 with the version.py fix. Nit sure IF this error applies or affects standard D-Rats repeater use.

Thanks again.

Edfel KP4AJ

[KP4AJ]

Hi Again: Well seems some problem with binary and string data but that is beyond my capabilities... > d-rats_repeater.py have not looked the other files. Or maybe something related with Python 3 migration.

Well, just trying to figure out.

Edfel

[wb8tyw]

I will update this with the responses that I previously posted in the D-Rats mailing list, and if you find them in your inbox or the archive and this time follow those suggestions, I think it should solve most of those problems;. I just may not have time to do that for a few days.

[KP4AJ]

Hi John: Thank you very much!! Found the discussion about auth at: https://github.com/ham-radio-software/D-Rats/issues/201

Updated the D-Rats code with latest at git and applied my little hack to the d-rats_repeater.py and seems to be working!! with Auth = True!! Errors gone. Please mark this as SOLVED or whatever you consider appropiate!

Again, thank you very much John!!

73'

Edfel KP4AJ

[wb8tyw]

For your other issues, the d-rats repeater program already has command line options to tell it to run in a non-GUI environment, redirect the configuration file and log files with out changing the source code.

The current code in master will test to see if it has access to a display and if not takes the option for running with out a GUI. I think that auto-detection requires the GTK python packages to be installed'.

References: https://github.com/ham-radio-software/D-Rats/issues/241 https://github.com/ham-radio-software/D-Rats/issues/242

[KP4AJ]

Excellent John!! Appreciated! Will test and report back.

73' Edfel KP4AJ