* bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create
@ 2010-12-06 23:38 François Garillot
2011-06-30 0:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: François Garillot @ 2010-12-06 23:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 7599; +Cc: rfrancoise
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
(emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20101116-1)
configured using `configure '--build' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--host' 'i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--without-compress-info' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-imagemagick=yes' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g -Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=''
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US.utf8
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
default enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Group
Minor modes in effect:
gnus-topic-mode: t
gnus-undo-mode: t
ido-everywhere: t
delete-selection-mode: t
pc-selection-mode: t
show-paren-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
column-number-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
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* Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create
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@ 2010-12-10 16:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-12-10 21:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-11 20:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2010-12-10 16:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
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.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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* Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create
2010-12-10 16:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 2010-12-10 21:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
2011-02-11 20:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ted Zlatanov @ 2010-12-10 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
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
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* Re: bug#7599: 24.0.50; gnus nnimap doesn't remember choice for auth-source-create
2010-12-10 16:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-12-10 21:01 ` Ted Zlatanov
@ 2011-02-11 20:22 ` Ted Zlatanov
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ted Zlatanov @ 2011-02-11 20:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
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
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