Maxmind GeoIP2 license key not accepted

[BOOZy]

[eFa] Please enter your MaxMind License Key (c to cancel): XXXXXX_ZAJ5wHRIAkbC2uFujBv18HaT5cYy2_xxx
ERROR: Invalid entry.

My guess is that they key format has changed and EFA is not accepting the new format.

[pdwalker]

When did you generate your license key?

I generated mine in 2020 and it's still usable today.

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Also, your key looks longer than mine. Mine is 16 characters long. You're looks a lot longer.

[BOOZy]

Mine was generated on the day I posted this, June 1st.

As far as I can deduce as of geopipupdate version 3.1.1 there is a new key format to use.

[pdwalker]

Thank you, that helps.

Yes, there is a new key format and it can be used, but some changes need to be made. There are two ways you can do this:

1/ properly

2/ chuck that, let's just make this work.

Let's get you running by going with #2

- edit /var/www/html/mailscanner/conf.php
- search for 'MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY'. It is on line 55 of my conf.php file
- change it to your new key
- save your file

edit /usr/bin/mailwatch/tools/Cron_jobs/mailwatch_geoip_update.php
comment out the following 4 lines using a # character at the start of the line 36 in my file, so

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if (!defined('MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY') || !validateInput(MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY, "maxmind")) {
    $error_message = __('geoipnokey15') . "\n\n";
    die($error_message);
}

becomes

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#if (!defined('MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY') || !validateInput(MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY, "maxmind")) {
#    $error_message = __('geoipnokey15') . "\n\n";
#    die($error_message);
#}

save your file and exit the editor

run the efa geoip update command:

# /usr/bin/mailwatch/tools/Cron_jobs/mailwatch_geoip_update.php
Downloading file, please wait...
GeoIP data file successfully downloaded
Download complete, unpacking files...

GeoIP data file successfully unpacked
Process completed!

and you should be good.

[pdwalker]

Now for the proper fix, assuming the changes above haven't been made, or have been undone.

The new keys seem to have a format of 40 characters, numbers or letters and the underscore character

edit /var/www/html/mailscanner/functions.php. Search for "case 'maxmind':". It is on line 4659 of my file
change the next line from

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if (preg_match('/^([0-9A-Za-z]{12}|[0-9A-Za-z]{16})$/', $input)) {

to

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if (preg_match('/^([0-9A-Za-z]{12}|[0-9A-Za-z]{16}|[0-9A-Za-z_]{40})$/', $input)) {

save the file

edit /var/eFa/lib/eFa-Configure/func_maxmind and look for the following line (line 23 of my file)

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if [[ $LICENSE =~ ^([0-9A-Za-z]{12}|[0-9A-Za-z]{16})$ ]]; then

change it to

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if [[ $LICENSE =~ ^([0-9A-Za-z]{12}|[0-9A-Za-z]{16}|[0-9A-Za-z_]{40})$ ]]; then

then save and exit the file.

You should now be able to use the eFa-Configure program to enter in your new key.

You should also be able to run the /usr/bin/mailwatch/tools/Cron_jobs/mailwatch_geoip_update.php script to update your GeoIP database correctly.

[pdwalker]

issue submitted

https://github.com/E-F-A/v4/issues/354

[BOOZy]

Thank you.

The code change allows for the new key to be accepted.