From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9113: 24.0.50; auth-sources: .authinfo versus .authinfo.gpg Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:37:17 +0100 Message-ID: <877h08gl1u.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mxgcffq1.fsf@niu.edu> <87k44ffsdu.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aa5aa38p.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87y5suuz85.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87bopq6xng.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bopldu58.fsf@gnus.org> <87fwexduac.fsf@gnus.org> <87liooyvmj.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1328009888 4033 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2012 11:38:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9113@debbugs.gnu.org, Achim Gratz , Chong Yidong , Roland Winkler To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 31 12:38:06 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC2G-00067a-Nv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:38:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42536 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC2G-0005Zf-8s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45751) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC27-0005ZA-U6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC20-0004Xd-7w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42749) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC20-0004XZ-5D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:37:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC2E-0004ju-Ga for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:38:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9113 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9113-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9113.132800987718206 (code B ref 9113); Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9113) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Jan 2012 11:37:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46372 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC24-0004jT-Ky for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:34286) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RsC1z-0004jE-LG for 9113@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:37:49 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Jan 2012 11:37:25 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB95C8.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.149.200] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 31 Jan 2012 12:37:25 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/aVy8ZmODaH3rPrsYwU7q3srT9tpsmfyHcE1bu1t 3VdKCsuz7h4pQc In-Reply-To: <87liooyvmj.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:11:32 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:56304 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov 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.