bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

[François Garillot]

During connection to an IMAP server using nnimap, with no
~/.authinfo.gpg file present, function auth-source-create [1] asks for
login and password, then suggests asks the user if it should save those
credentials to ~/.authinfo.gpg

[1] : http://git.gnus.org/cgit/gnus.git/tree/lisp/auth-source.el

If the user answers no, this choice is not remembered. The preference is
not configurable. A user that wants to manually enter login information
at nnimap startup therefore has to refuse credentials storage every
time.

A way to bypass that confirmation would be a nice usability
improvement.

-- 
FG

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-11-16 on elegiac, modified by Debian
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Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

francois@garillot.net (François Garillot) writes:

> If the user answers no, this choice is not remembered. The preference is
> not configurable. A user that wants to manually enter login information
> at nnimap startup therefore has to refuse credentials storage every
> time.

Yes, it would be better if Emacs remembered the user's choice.  Ted
plans to rewrite the auth-source.el interface, and if I remember
correctly, that was one of the things auth-source.el was going to
handle.  Although it's still unclear where this should be stored or in
what format.  Ideally, it'd allow for, say, storing the user name, but
not the password for IMAP, but allow storing both for NNTP, for
instance.  

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Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:10:25 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <lmi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> francois@garillot.net (François Garillot) writes:
>> If the user answers no, this choice is not remembered. The preference is
>> not configurable. A user that wants to manually enter login information
>> at nnimap startup therefore has to refuse credentials storage every
>> time.

LMI> Yes, it would be better if Emacs remembered the user's choice.  Ted
LMI> plans to rewrite the auth-source.el interface, and if I remember
LMI> correctly, that was one of the things auth-source.el was going to
LMI> handle.  Although it's still unclear where this should be stored or in
LMI> what format.  Ideally, it'd allow for, say, storing the user name, but
LMI> not the password for IMAP, but allow storing both for NNTP, for
LMI> instance.  

Yeah, and I'll put this specifically on my list.

Ted

Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:10:25 +0100 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <lmi@gnus.org> wrote: 

LMI> francois@garillot.net (François Garillot) writes:
>> If the user answers no, this choice is not remembered. The preference is
>> not configurable. A user that wants to manually enter login information
>> at nnimap startup therefore has to refuse credentials storage every
>> time.

LMI> Yes, it would be better if Emacs remembered the user's choice.  Ted
LMI> plans to rewrite the auth-source.el interface, and if I remember
LMI> correctly, that was one of the things auth-source.el was going to
LMI> handle.  Although it's still unclear where this should be stored or in
LMI> what format.  Ideally, it'd allow for, say, storing the user name, but
LMI> not the password for IMAP, but allow storing both for NNTP, for
LMI> instance.  

I think this is handled correctly in the auth-source.el rewrite I will
push out this weekend.  Please let me know if the code needs fixin' or
if I can close this bug after you test it.

Thanks
Ted

bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

francois@garillot.net (François Garillot) writes:

> If the user answers no, this choice is not remembered. The preference is
> not configurable. A user that wants to manually enter login information
> at nnimap startup therefore has to refuse credentials storage every
> time.

This has now been fixed in No Gnus.

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