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* 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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
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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* bug#16643: 24.3; (auth) Minor documentation inconsistency on checking order of un/encrypted .authinfo files
  2014-02-04 15:48 bug#16643: 24.3; (auth) Minor documentation inconsistency on checking order of un/encrypted .authinfo files Neil Jackson
@ 2014-02-05  5:45 ` Glenn Morris
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2014-02-05  5:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Neil Jackson; +Cc: 16643


This report is a literal duplicate of
http://debbugs.gnu.org/16642

and will be removed. Please direct any future mails on this issues to
16642 at debbugs.gnu.org.





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