Facebook throws an "error 405" when I connect from my VPS, but not from my desktop.

[douglas-carmichael]

I'm running bitlbee 3.5.1 on my FreeBSD VPS, and just recently (2-3 days ago) every attempt to connect to Facebook throws an "error 405" and requires me to verify the login was legitimate, but not if I run bitlbee on my desktop and connect to the same account.

(I'm using an app password.)

Could this be an IP-based block on FB's end?

[dequis]

Logging in to the facebook website through the server's IP usually helps.

You can try with a tunnel like ssh -D

[zyphlar]

After trying ssh -D and verifying my IP/browser numerous times, this doesn't seem to be it...

[thorgrin]

I can confirm this issue now with the latest release 1.2.0 compiled from git. Every time I try to sign in from the VPS (Google GCP), I get locked out from the account. Accesing the web from the VPS gives me a dialog to confirm my account through my friends. Fortunately, I can confirm the access from my desktop, which unlocks the web access from VPS. However, any new attempt to sign in from bitlbee on the VPS has the same result.