From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net>
Cc: Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Tramp behaviour with ~/.authinfo.gpg; two queries
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:28:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kx2gdpf.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0100016f9445d858-a7113286-e808-4a19-8903-83b850c082f2-000000@email.amazonses.com> (Pankaj Jangid's message of "Sat, 11 Jan 2020 11:03:23 +0000")
Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net> writes:
Hi,
> Two observations on Tramp. I need help in getting around.
Tramp doesn't handle authinfo files itself. It uses auth-source.el for this.
> * Observation one
>
> In a fresh instance of Emacs (27.0.60), if I try to open a remote ssh
> file, Tramp tries to load ~/.authinfo.gpg and asks for passphrase. This
> is okay. But the problem is this - as I start typing "/ssh:.." the
> passphrase prompt also come at the same input area. And when I start
> typing passphrase characters it starts switching back and forth between
> "Find file:" and "Passphrase:" prompts. I have (setq epg-pinentry-mode
> 'loopback) in my config.
>
> As a workaround, I cancel the operation. And then I start Gnus (or some
> other package that can load ~/.authinfo.gpg). Enter passphrase. And then
> open the desired remote file.
>
> Is there a proper way to handle this?
No idea. I'll try to reproduce.
> * Second observation
>
> When I open a remote ssh file and connect to the server for the first
> time, Tramp offers to save the password in ~/.authinfo even if the file
> ~/.authinfo.gpg exists and is already loaded (by some other package like
> Gnus).
>
> How can I tell Tramp to save passwords in ~/.authinfo.gpg?
The default value of auth-sources is '("~/.authinfo" "~/.authinfo.gpg"
"~/.netrc")
I suppose that auth-source checks one file after the other whether it
exist, when searching for a password. But when it wants to save the
password, it seems to take the first entry in auth-sources, instead of
checking, whether one of the files exist (and use this one).
In your case, I recommend to change the value of auth-sources to just
'("~/.authinfo.gpg")
However, this seems to be a bug in auth-source.el, so you might write a
bug report.
> Regards
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-01-11 16:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-01-11 11:03 Tramp behaviour with ~/.authinfo.gpg; two queries Pankaj Jangid
2020-01-11 11:32 ` Colin Baxter
2020-01-11 13:37 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-01-11 14:14 ` Colin Baxter
2020-01-11 16:28 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2020-01-13 10:10 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-01-13 10:39 ` Pankaj Jangid
2020-01-13 16:26 ` Michael Albinus
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