* bug#16643: 24.3; (auth) Minor documentation inconsistency on checking order of un/encrypted .authinfo files
@ 2014-02-04 15:48 Neil Jackson
2014-02-05 5:45 ` Glenn Morris
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From: Neil Jackson @ 2014-02-04 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 16643
The documentation is inconsistent about the order in which auth checks
'~/.authinfo' and '~/.authinfo.gpg' when 'auth-sources' isn't
customised.
In (info "(auth)Help for Users") it says that the unencrypted file is
sought first:
If you don't customize 'auth-sources', you'll have to live with the
defaults: the unencrypted netrc file '~/.authinfo' will be used for
any host and any port.
If that fails, any host and any port are looked up in the netrc file
'~/.authinfo.gpg', which is a GnuPG encrypted file (*note GnuPG and
EasyPG Assistant Configuration::).
But in (info "(auth)GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration") it says
it says that the encrypted file is sought first:
If you don't customize 'auth-sources', the auth-source library reads
'~/.authinfo.gpg', which is a GnuPG encrypted file. Then it will
check '~/.authinfo' but it's not recommended to use such an
unencrypted file.
In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.2)
of 2013-08-14 on buildvm-15.phx2.fedoraproject.org Windowing system
distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.11404000 System Description:
Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat)
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