From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Store news server authentication credentials for gnus in an encrypted manner. Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:32:03 -0700 Message-ID: <878s6nt5z0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6475"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Hongyi Zhao Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 16 17:51:45 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1lMCv3-0001TC-DR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:51:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57570 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMCv1-0003df-8Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:51:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMCcF-000291-Ez for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:32:21 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:39896 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMCc4-0007ek-PM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:32:19 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 84315FA0FB; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:32:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1615912324; bh=zAgCwT1FvTFCwjnsU6NuahxO2hCoGHlderkOBr4U374=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=AYtNnbXM0m292eFzGzywTbPqLHJnteeBEa86hhEpBzzcLf38R9X6+oqKXlazxgg9n kjk6ZvvizvNBhlliFeqSmJBaHGCHelBguFMPwuJ/By5qAYlrkp7XuBi5z+vjEbkxhB cxkXGKE+fEstLzNMe0u4UgolAEl8zc3Yyd3HuZwo= In-Reply-To: (Hongyi Zhao's message of "Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:26:14 +0800") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128425 Archived-At: Hongyi Zhao writes: > I noticed the FAQ 3-3 for gnus at > , > which uses the file ~/.authinfo to store the news server > authentication information with file mode bits set to 600. > > But I want to know if there are some encrypted methods for such a job. > Any hints will be highly appreciated. You can just use a ~/.authinfo.gpg file, and everything will work correctly (assuming GPG encryption/decryption is already working for you in Emacs). Eric