From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 9113@debbugs.gnu.org, Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>,
Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>, Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:37:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877h08gl1u.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87liooyvmj.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:11:32 -0500")
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> As a default, it seems that storing the credential data in a temporary
> in-memory auth-source backend *by default* is the best solution.
You use already password-cache.el in auth-source.el. It could be made
public by allowing a :cache entry in `auth-sources'.
> Then on exit or on `auth-source-save', if there is something in the
> in-memory backend, we can ask the user if he wants to save the passwords
> and where, with all the consequent UI choices. The user can pick a
> plain file, or a plain file with password tokens, or a GPG-encrypted
> file (with or without external support), or the platform's keychain
> service, if available. At that time the UI can modify `auth-sources'
> for the user.
Too complicate. If a user decides for cached passwords, she shouldn't be
asked for saving. It is convenient enough to enter a password only once
during a session.
> Ted
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-31 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-18 3:08 bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg Roland Winkler
2012-01-25 20:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 2:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-26 15:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 17:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-26 17:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-26 17:53 ` Achim Gratz
2012-01-26 20:01 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-26 21:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-30 16:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-30 22:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-30 22:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-31 9:00 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-31 17:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-13 17:35 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-02-13 18:35 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-27 1:47 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Daiki Ueno
2012-01-27 16:23 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-29 9:50 ` Daiki Ueno
2012-01-30 16:33 ` bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg, " Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-31 6:55 ` Chong Yidong
2012-01-31 11:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-02-03 17:14 ` Kevin Rodgers
2012-01-31 11:11 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-31 11:37 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2012-02-13 17:38 ` Ted Zlatanov
2012-01-28 8:47 ` Roland Winkler
2012-01-28 19:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-28 19:32 ` Roland Winkler
2012-01-30 16:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2012-01-30 18:49 ` Roland Winkler
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