mkorthof
Social Sign-In
I use Freenom and have registered domains using the Social Sign-In. I did face some errors which I could solve myself. For example my password contained a special character in the start so I used ' ' quotes instead of " " but now I am facing this issue. I have added the email and password in the freenom.config file and it gives me the following output.
$ sudo freenom.sh -l
Warning: no MTA found, cant send email
Listing Domains and ID's...
Error: Login failed, incorrect details
I am not sure if this error is happening because I use a Social Sign-In account or because I did something wrong could someone please help me.
I don't think freenom offered a Google Sign-In option when I created this script. This won't work as the script logs in to my.freenom.com with a freenom account and has no support for Google's OAuth flow.
Hey 👋 Thank for responding. Just an update I figured out how to do it. As you said, there is no way to use it if you log in with a third-party account like Google or Facebook. However, you can use freenom-script indirectly. The solution is to change/bind the mail in the “My Details” page, which you can get to by clicking on Hello <First Name> -> Edit Account Details and changing your Gmail to another mail. (I have not tried any other service or temp mail service. I changed my Gmail with another and then changed it back and created/changed my password by logging out, clicking on “Request a password reset,” and changing my password. For example, my Gmail is [email protected]. I changed it to [email protected] and then changed it back to [email protected], then logged out and clicked on “Request a password reset,” which I used to set a password). The method in steps
- Click on
,
you will see a drop down menu like so
- Click on “Edit Account Details,” and then under “Email Address,” you should see your Gmail.
- Change the email address to another (G)mail and click “Save Changes.”
You will get a mail from freenom telling you to verify the Email Address.
- After confirming your Email Address, you must log out and click “Request a password reset.” (Do note that they might be a better way of changing the password, I am not sure, but this is how I did it.)
- You will get a mail at the new email address you put in, prompting you to change the password. Change/Create a new password.
- [OPTIONAL] You can return to “My Details” and change it to the original Gmail address.
I later figured out a better method how to bind the same Gmail account using fewer steps.
- If you are logged in, you must log out and click “Request a password reset.”
- You will get a mail at the new email address you put in, prompting you to change the password. Change/Create a new password.
The above methods will help you log in normally (email+password) and even through social sign-in Gmail without problems ensuring that you use Freenom-Script.
I request you to mention this method in the README.md file for ease.
I wrote both methods if someone cannot get one way to work.
Also if you do add Google's OAuth flow do let me know, it would be an amazing feature. Thank you so much 🙏
Thanks for the write up about how you managed to make the script work for you. I've added a note about Social Login to README.md