From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#45711: 27.1; Ambiguous account match in .authinfo still used by smtpmail Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:33:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87r1mssvyg.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87lfd5osiu.fsf@bayne.id.au> <875z45adtm.fsf@bayne.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18589"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 45711@debbugs.gnu.org, Ted Zlatanov To: Duncan Bayne Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 10 15:34:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kybnN-0004gG-Qj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:34:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39908 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kybnM-0002kN-VL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:34:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39386) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kybn8-0002ju-7I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:34:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42001) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kybn7-0002qI-VX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kybn7-00034x-Sl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:34:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45711 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 45711-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45711.161028922411783 (code B ref 45711); Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 45711) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jan 2021 14:33:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53544 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kybmp-00033z-OU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:33:43 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:41614) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kybmn-00033e-KQ for 45711@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:33:42 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=eEARjy8pvnLa/lv5kdRd9sS1GmhS/4GMp2JYFNNBbGI=; b=TFAn5pRi05QrSEA8ZChd/9MSo4 WMl1LZbWv8dpfPKquFV3MLeeZnR/4sEBx4sl6yAom7dASJXvm3cOsnCeJBUo3HD/wnpkriufPNnxO LzTHvRRd0UnlrUdZuBM8NjiCBsyAwxDlRen5rMgCPeQPJrqZe8ocMKPuxaka+xUdey2o=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kybma-0007kg-Ui; Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:33:34 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Joy Division's _Substance_: "Atmosphere" In-Reply-To: <875z45adtm.fsf@bayne.id.au> (Duncan Bayne's message of "Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:30:13 +1100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:197613 Archived-At: Duncan Bayne writes: > What it seems to be doing with (car (... :max 1) is to simply take the > first match and use that. > > What I *think* it should do is either a) error out in the case of an > ambiguous match, or b) prompt the use to ask which of the various > matches it should use. As Ted said, it's common to have specific passwords for some services, and use a fallback for the rest. machine foo port smtp password zot machine foo port nntp password bar machine foo password gazonk Changing how this works would break people's setups, so we can't do that. But I see that this hasn't actually been documented anywhere? So I've now added that to the auth manual in Emacs 28. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no