Fwd: Can't get Capitalone360 biz account and online banking working

[David Reiser]

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Dave Reiser
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> Subject: Re: Can't get Capitalone360 biz account and online banking working
> From: David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com>
> Date: December 9, 2014 at 10:20:58 PM EST
> To: Howdy Doody <h0wdyd3wdy at gmail.com>
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>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 3:17 PM, Howdy Doody <h0wdyd3wdy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have a business spark checking account through Capital One.
>> 
>> I have tried this howto:
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>> http://www.chris-reilly.org/blog/technotes/gnucash-2-4-13-capital-one-directconnect-fix/
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>> It doesn't work.  I still get this error on retrieving accounts:
>> 
>> 14:07:33 Status for signon request: General error (Code 2000, severity
>> "ERROR")
>> 
>> I use the same user/pass as through the website, which works fine.
>> 
>> I'm using Fedora 20, with this software:
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>> aqbanking-5.3.2-0.1.beta.fc20.x86_64
>> 
>> Please assist?
>> 
> 
> The OFX spec says:
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> "OFX servers can require OFX clients to include a client ID in each signon request. This client ID should be unique to the installation of the client software, but the method that the ID is generated is left up to the client. "
> 
> My reading of this statement is that your specific instance of client software is supposed to supply its own UID so that the server can associate it with your logon. If you are sending the same UID as the prior poster sent to the same bank, the bank's server is saying "we  already have that UID, you must be an impostor". I would suggest that you find a UUID generator, create one, and put that in the ClientUID field in aqbanking.
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> I have no idea what the bank does if two members of the same family using the same software want to download data from separate accounts at the same bank...
> 
> Dave
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