Subject: Re: Error "key authentication failed" using megatools ls
From: Ondřej Jirman
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 22:24:07 +0100
Hi,

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 09:04:11AM +0000, grek.nl wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> 
> thank you for your great tool.
> Recently (i.e. the last few days - anecdotally the moment mega.nz did some "upgrading the security of your account" thing) i stumbled on the following error.

This was presumably in the web ui? I guess I should be afraid to open it,
in case they update the security of my account, too. :)

Thanks for the heads up.

regards,
	o.

> Calling: megatools ls -R -u "[MAIL]" -p "[PW]" "/Root/"
> it fails to show any/all folders/files and instead shows the following errors:
> 
> WARNING: Skipping import of a key [...] because it's authentication failed
> WARNING: Skipping FS node [...] because node key wasn't found
> 
> These warnings are skipped (?) after repeated attempts to get the directory listing.
> 
> Logging in via mega.nz shows all folders/files present.
> 
> Using Win 11 with megatools-1.11.1.20230212-win64
> 
> Best regards and thank you for your time.